import mimetypes

def get_mime_type(file_path: str) -> str:
    """
    Get the MIME type of a file based on the file path.

    Parameters:
        file_path (str): The path to the file from which to determine the MIME type.

    Returns:
        str: The MIME type of the file.
    """
    mime_type, encoding = mimetypes.guess_type(file_path)
    return mime_type