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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 elapsed_time(self):
 """Get the elapsed time."""


        # Timer is running
        if self._t0 is not None:
            return self._time + self._get_time()
        else:
            return self._time