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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 apply(self, func, *args, **kwds):
 """ Apply the function to the transformed swifter object """

        # estimate time to pandas apply
        wrapped = self._wrapped_apply(func, *args, **kwds)
        n_repeats = 3
        timed = timeit.timeit(wrapped, number=n_repeats)
        samp_proc_est = timed / n_repeats
        est_apply_duration = samp_proc_est / self._SAMP_SIZE * self._nrows

        # if pandas apply takes too long, use dask
        if est_apply_duration > self._dask_threshold:
            return self._dask_apply(func, *args, **kwds)
        else:  # use pandas
            if self._progress_bar:
                tqdm.pandas(desc="Pandas Apply")
                return self._obj_pd.progress_apply(func, *args, **kwds)
            else:
                return self._obj_pd.apply(func, *args, **kwds)