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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 get_area(self, degrees=True):
 """ Calculate the total area represented by this region. Parameters degrees : bool If True then return the area in square degrees, otherwise use steradians. Default = True. Returns ------- area : float The area of the region. """

        area = 0
        for d in range(1, self.maxdepth+1):
            area += len(self.pixeldict[d])*hp.nside2pixarea(2**d, degrees=degrees)
        return area