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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 extended(self, new_leaves: List[bytes]):
 """Returns a new tree equal to this tree extended with new_leaves."""

        new_tree = self.__copy__()
        new_tree.extend(new_leaves)
        return new_tree