input: 
  def find_max_element(numbers: List[float]) -> float:
      """ Find the maximum element in a given list of numbers.
      >>> find_max_element([1, 43, 78, 3, 92, 42])
      92
      >>> find_max_element([5, 10, 15, 20, 25])
      25
      >>> find_max_element([-10, -5, 0, 5, 10])
      10
      """
  
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