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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 _tile_ticks(self, frac, tickvec):
 """Tiles tick marks along the axis."""

        origins = np.tile(self.axis._vec, (len(frac), 1))
        origins = self.axis.pos[0].T + (origins.T*frac).T
        endpoints = tickvec + origins
        return origins, endpoints