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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 are_in(items, collection):
 """Return True for each item in the collection :param items: a sub-collection :param collection: a collection :returns: a list of booleans [True, False] """

    if not isinstance(items, (list, tuple)):
        items = (items, )
    return map(lambda x: x in collection, items)