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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 time_to_number(self, time):
 """ Converts a time instance to a corresponding float value. """

        if not isinstance(time, datetime.time):
            raise TypeError(time)
        return ((time.second / 60.0 + time.minute) / 60.0 + time.hour) / 24.0