Help with Min/Max Value loop

[Dleary4395]

Hello, my question is how to find the minimum value of a set of numbers in a loop. I used a for loop, and the maximum value is always right but the minimum is always 0. I think it's because the minValue is set to 0 to begin with so it thinks it's an input and not just the starter value. This is my code

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#define pause system("pause")
#define LOOPMAX 5

int main() {
	int loopCounter = 0;
	float maxNum = 0.0;
	float num = 0.0;
	float minNum = 0.0;
	

	for (loopCounter = 0; loopCounter <LOOPMAX; loopCounter++) {
		printf("Enter a Number:  ");
		scanf("%f" ,&num);
		if (num>=maxNum) {
			maxNum=num;
		}
		if (num<=minNum) {
			minNum=num;
		}
		} //end loop
	printf("The Maximum of the values entered is %.2f.\n" ,maxNum);
	printf("The Minimum of the values entered is %.2f.\n" ,minNum);
	pause;
}

any help would be greatly appreciated

[Rabbit]

The min and max should always be set to the first value entered.