input: 
  def find_max_element(numbers: List[int]) -> int:
      """Find the maximum element in the given list of numbers.
      >>> find_max_element([1, 43, 78, 3, 92, 42])
      92
      """
  
output:     if not numbers:
          raise ValueError("The list is empty")
      max_element = numbers[0]
      for num in numbers:
          if num > max_element:
              max_element = num
      return max_element