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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 calculate_bbox_area(bbox, rows, cols):
 """Calculate the area of a bounding box in pixels."""

    bbox = denormalize_bbox(bbox, rows, cols)
    x_min, y_min, x_max, y_max = bbox[:4]
    area = (x_max - x_min) * (y_max - y_min)
    return area