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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def delete_auto_scaling_group(self, name, force_delete=False):
 """ Deletes the specified auto scaling group if the group has no instances and no scaling activities in progress. """

        if(force_delete):
            params = {'AutoScalingGroupName': name, 'ForceDelete': 'true'}
        else:
            params = {'AutoScalingGroupName': name}
        return self.get_object('DeleteAutoScalingGroup', params, Request)