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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 pages(self):
 """The total number of pages"""

        if self.per_page == 0 or self.total is None:
            pages = 0
        else:
            pages = int(ceil(self.total / float(self.per_page)))
        return pages