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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 get_bounds(pts):
 """Return the minimum point and maximum point bounding a set of points."""

    pts_t = np.asarray(pts).T
    return np.asarray(([np.min(_pts) for _pts in pts_t],
                       [np.max(_pts) for _pts in pts_t]))