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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 area(self):
 """ Mesh surface area Returns ------- area : float Total area of the mesh. """

        mprop = vtk.vtkMassProperties()
        mprop.SetInputData(self)
        return mprop.GetSurfaceArea()