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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 mpl_outside_legend(ax, **kwargs):
 """ Places a legend box outside a matplotlib Axes instance. """

    box = ax.get_position()
    ax.set_position([box.x0, box.y0, box.width * 0.75, box.height])
    # Put a legend to the right of the current axis
    ax.legend(loc='upper left', bbox_to_anchor=(1, 1), **kwargs)