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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 send_packet(self, packet):
 """Send a UDP packet along the wire."""

        data = json.dumps(packet)
        byte = data.encode('utf-8')
        self.udp_socket.sendto(byte, (self._host, self._udp_port))