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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 shutdown_instances(self):
 """ Convenience method which shuts down all instances associated with this group. """

        self.min_size = 0
        self.max_size = 0
        self.desired_capacity = 0
        self.update()