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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_transparent(image):
 """ Check to see if an image is transparent. """

    if not isinstance(image, Image.Image):
        # Can only deal with PIL images, fall back to the assumption that that
        # it's not transparent.
        return False
    return (image.mode in ('RGBA', 'LA') or
            (image.mode == 'P' and 'transparency' in image.info))