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+# simple_utils.py - A tiny utility library
+def reverse_string(text):
+    """
+    Return the characters of the input string in reverse order.
+    
+    Parameters:
+        text (str): Input string to reverse.
+    
+    Returns:
+        str: The reversed string.
+    """
+    return text[::-1]
+
+def count_words(sentence):
+    """
+    Count the words in a sentence.
+    
+    Counts sequences of characters separated by whitespace in the given sentence and returns that count.
+    
+    Parameters:
+    	sentence (str): Input text to count words in.
+    
+    Returns:
+    	int: The number of words in the sentence.
+    """
+    return len(sentence.split())
+
+def celsius_to_fahrenheit(celsius):
+    """
+    Convert a temperature from degrees Celsius to degrees Fahrenheit.
+    
+    Parameters:
+        celsius (float | int): Temperature in degrees Celsius.
+    
+    Returns:
+        float: Temperature in degrees Fahrenheit.
+    """
+    return (celsius * 9/5) + 32
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