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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 send_message(self, chat_id, text, **options):
 """ Send a text message to chat :param int chat_id: ID of the chat to send the message to :param str text: Text to send :param options: Additional sendMessage options (see https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#sendmessage) """

        return self.api_call("sendMessage", chat_id=chat_id, text=text, **options)