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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 _is_vis(channel):
 """Determine whether the given channel is a visible channel"""

        if isinstance(channel, str):
            return channel == '00_7'
        elif isinstance(channel, int):
            return channel == 1
        else:
            raise ValueError('Invalid channel')