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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 slave_lag(**connection_args):
    '''
    Return the number of seconds that a slave SQL server is lagging behind the
    master, if the host is not a slave it will return -1.  If the server is
    configured to be a slave for replication but slave IO is not running then
    -2 will be returned. If there was an error connecting to the database or
    checking the slave status, -3 will be returned.

    CLI Example:

    .. code-block:: bash

        salt '*' mysql.slave_lag
    '''
    dbc = _connect(**connection_args)
    if dbc is None:
        return -3
    cur = dbc.cursor(MySQLdb.cursors.DictCursor)
    qry = 'show slave status'
    try:
        _execute(cur, qry)
    except MySQLdb.OperationalError as exc:
        err = 'MySQL Error {0}: {1}'.format(*exc.args)
        __context__['mysql.error'] = err
        log.error(err)
        return -3

    results = cur.fetchone()
    if cur.rowcount == 0:
        # Server is not a slave if master is not defined.  Return empty tuple
        # in this case.  Could probably check to see if Slave_IO_Running and
        # Slave_SQL_Running are both set to 'Yes' as well to be really really
        # sure that it is a slave.
        return -1
    else:
        if results['Slave_IO_Running'] == 'Yes':
            return results['Seconds_Behind_Master']
        else:
            # Replication is broken if you get here.
            return -2