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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _zerosamestates(self, A):
 """ zeros out states that should be identical REQUIRED ARGUMENTS A: the matrix whose entries are to be zeroed. """


        for pair in self.samestates:
            A[pair[0], pair[1]] = 0
            A[pair[1], pair[0]] = 0