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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 _bulk_to_linear(M, N, L, qubits):
    "Converts a list of chimera coordinates to linear indices."
    return [2 * L * N * x + 2 * L * y + L * u + k for x, y, u, k in qubits]