<｜begin▁of▁sentence｜>### Instruction:
Given a matplotlib Rectangle object initialized with zero width and height, can you check if the rectangle is empty using the `is_empty` method?
### Response:
from matplotlib.patches import Rectangle

# Create a Rectangle
rect = Rectangle((0, 0), 0, 0)

# Check if the rectangle is empty
clear = rect.is_empty()

# Print the result
print(f'Is the rectangle empty? {clear}')
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