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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 normalizeArea(value):
 """ Normalizes area. * **value** must be a positive :ref:`type-int-float`. """

    if not isinstance(value, (int, float)):
        raise TypeError("Area must be an instance of :ref:`type-int-float`, "
                        "not %s." % type(value).__name__)
    if value < 0:
        raise ValueError("Area must be a positive :ref:`type-int-float`, "
                         "not %s." % repr(value))
    return float(value)