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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 formatBodyNode(root,path):
    '''Format the root node for use as the body node.'''
    body        = root
    body.name   = "body"
    body.weight = calcFnWeight(body)
    body.path   = path
    body.pclass = None
    return body