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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 _serve_asset(self, path, gzipped_asset_bytes, request):
 """Serves a pre-gzipped static asset from the zip file."""

    mimetype = mimetypes.guess_type(path)[0] or 'application/octet-stream'
    return http_util.Respond(
        request, gzipped_asset_bytes, mimetype, content_encoding='gzip')