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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 _determine_beacon_config(self, current_beacon_config, key):
        '''
        Process a beacon configuration to determine its interval
        '''

        interval = False
        if isinstance(current_beacon_config, dict):
            interval = current_beacon_config.get(key, False)

        return interval