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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 _probe_positions(probe, group):
 """Return the positions of a probe channel group."""

    positions = probe['channel_groups'][group]['geometry']
    channels = _probe_channels(probe, group)
    return np.array([positions[channel] for channel in channels])