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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 extract_rar (archive, compression, cmd, verbosity, interactive, outdir):
 """Extract a RAR archive."""

    cmdlist = [cmd, 'x']
    if not interactive:
        cmdlist.extend(['-p-', '-y'])
    cmdlist.extend(['--', os.path.abspath(archive)])
    return (cmdlist, {'cwd': outdir})