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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 _change(self, changes):
 """Apply the given changes to the board. changes: sequence of (position, new tile) pairs or None """

        if changes is None:
            return
        for position, new_tile in changes:
            self._array[position] = new_tile