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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_binary(self, subpath=None):
 """ Gets whether the specified subpath is a supported binary file. """

        mimetype = self.mimetype_for(subpath)
        return mimetype is not None and mimetype.startswith('image/')