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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_readable(path):
    '''
    Returns True if provided file or directory exists and can be read with the current user.
    Returns False otherwise.
    '''
    return os.access(os.path.abspath(path), os.R_OK)