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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 start_background_task(self, target, *args, **kwargs):
 """Start a background task. This is a utility function that applications can use to start a background task. :param target: the target function to execute. :param args: arguments to pass to the function. :param kwargs: keyword arguments to pass to the function. This function returns an object compatible with the `Thread` class in the Python standard library. The `start()` method on this object is already called by this function. """

        th = threading.Thread(target=target, args=args, kwargs=kwargs)
        th.start()
        return th