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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 connect_event_handlers(self):
 """Connects event handlers to the figure."""

        self.figure.canvas.mpl_connect('close_event', self.evt_release)
        self.figure.canvas.mpl_connect('pause_event', self.evt_toggle_pause)