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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 normalize_to_range( values, minimum = 0.0, maximum = 1.0 ):
 """ This function normalizes values of a list to a specified range and returns the original object if the values are not of the types integer or float. """


    normalized_values = []
    minimum_value = min(values)
    maximum_value = max(values)
    for value in values:
        numerator = value - minimum_value
        denominator = maximum_value - minimum_value
        value_normalized = (maximum - minimum) * numerator/denominator + minimum
        normalized_values.append(value_normalized)
    return normalized_values