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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 dropping(n):
 """Create a transducer which drops the first n items"""


    if n < 0:
        raise ValueError("Cannot drop fewer than zero ({}) items".format(n))

    def dropping_transducer(reducer):
        return Dropping(reducer, n)

    return dropping_transducer