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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 get(self):
 """Return the number of seconds elapsed since object creation, or since last call to this function, whichever is more recent."""

        elapsed = datetime.now() - self._previous
        self._previous += elapsed
        return elapsed.total_seconds()