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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_type(value):
 """Determine if value is an instance or subclass of the class Type."""

        if isinstance(value, type):
            return issubclass(value, Type)
        return isinstance(value, Type)