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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 is_running(self):
 """Returns a bool determining if the process is in a running state or not :rtype: bool """

        return self.state in [self.STATE_IDLE, self.STATE_ACTIVE,
                              self.STATE_SLEEPING]