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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>CSS Width vs Max-Width</title>
<style>
main{
background-color: lightskyblue;
padding: 1rem;
min-width: 800px;
/* width means fixed */
}
main p{
margin: 1rem auto;
background-color: white;
padding: 1rem;
}
main p:nth-child(1){
min-width: 600px;
/* cannot be smaller than 600px */
}
main p:nth-child(2){
max-width: 600px;
/* can't exceed 600px */
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<header>
<h1>CSS Width vs Max-Width</h1>
</header>
<main>
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</main>
</body>
</html>
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