# Given nums = [4, 1, 7, 2, 9, 3, 8, 5, 6], print the top 3 values sorted descending using slicing on

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Domain: Python · Difficulty: medium

## Problem

Given nums = [4, 1, 7, 2, 9, 3, 8, 5, 6], print the top 3 values sorted descending using slicing on sorted().

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