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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 validate(self):
 """ Validates whether the ODE equations provided make sense i.e. the number of right-hand side equations match the number of left-hand side equations. """

        if self.left_hand_side.rows != self.right_hand_side.rows:
            raise ValueError("There are {0} left hand side equations and {1} right hand side equations. "
                             "The same number is expected.".format(self.left_hand_side.rows, self.right_hand_side.rows))