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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 insert_empty_rows(self, y: int, amount: int = 1) -> None: """Insert a number of rows after the given row."""

        def transform_rows(
                column: Union[int, float],
                row: Union[int, float]
        ) -> Tuple[Union[int, float], Union[int, float]]:
            return column, row + (amount if row >= y else 0)
        self._transform_coordinates(transform_rows)