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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_cell_empty(self, cell):
 """Checks if the cell is empty."""

    if cell is None:
      return True
    elif self._is_cell_empty:
      return self._is_cell_empty(cell)
    else:
      return cell is None