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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 isnumeric(obj):
    '''
    Return true if obj is a numeric value
    '''
    from decimal import Decimal
    if type(obj) == Decimal:
        return True
    else:
        try:
            float(obj)
        except:
            return False
        return True