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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 decode_b64(data):
    '''Wrapper for b64decode, without having to struggle with bytestrings.'''
    byte_string = data.encode('utf-8')
    decoded = base64.b64decode(byte_string)
    return decoded.decode('utf-8')