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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 take_snapshot(self, entity_id, lt=None, lte=None):
 """ Takes a snapshot of the entity as it existed after the most recent event, optionally less than, or less than or equal to, a particular position. """

        snapshot = None
        if self._snapshot_strategy:
            # Get the latest event (optionally until a particular position).
            latest_event = self.event_store.get_most_recent_event(entity_id, lt=lt, lte=lte)

            # If there is something to snapshot, then look for a snapshot
            # taken before or at the entity version of the latest event. Please
            # note, the snapshot might have a smaller version number than
            # the latest event if events occurred since the latest snapshot was taken.
            if latest_event is not None:
                latest_snapshot = self._snapshot_strategy.get_snapshot(
                    entity_id, lt=lt, lte=lte
                )
                latest_version = latest_event.originator_version

                if latest_snapshot and latest_snapshot.originator_version == latest_version:
                    # If up-to-date snapshot exists, there's nothing to do.
                    snapshot = latest_snapshot
                else:
                    # Otherwise recover entity state from latest snapshot.
                    if latest_snapshot:
                        initial_state = entity_from_snapshot(latest_snapshot)
                        gt = latest_snapshot.originator_version
                    else:
                        initial_state = None
                        gt = None

                    # Fast-forward entity state to latest version.
                    entity = self.get_and_project_events(
                        entity_id=entity_id,
                        gt=gt,
                        lte=latest_version,
                        initial_state=initial_state,
                    )

                    # Take snapshot from entity.
                    snapshot = self._snapshot_strategy.take_snapshot(entity_id, entity, latest_version)

        return snapshot