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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 _is_valid_position(self, position):
        '''
        check if given position is valid for this collection
        '''
        row, col = position
        valid_r = row in self.row_labels
        valid_c = col in self.col_labels
        return valid_r and valid_c