Find maximum of three number in C without using conditional statement and ternary operator

Question

I have to find maximum of three number provided by user but with some restrictions. Its not allowed to use any conditional statement. I tried using ternary operator like bel

Answer 1

#include "stdafx.h"
#include 
int main()
{       
        int x,y,z;
        scanf("%d %d %d", &x,&y, &z);
        int max = ((x+y) + abs(x-y)) /2;
        max = ((max+z) + abs(max-z)) /2;
        printf("%d ", max);
        return 0;
}