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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 approx_equal(a: Real, b: Real, eps: Real):
 """Return whether the difference between `a` and `b` is less than `eps`. Parameters a b eps Returns ------- bool """

    assert abs(a - b) < eps