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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 plot3d_init(fignum):
 """ initializes 3D plot """

    from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D
    fig = plt.figure(fignum)
    ax = fig.add_subplot(111, projection='3d')
    return ax