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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 read_json_file(path):
 """ Reads and return the data from the json file at the given path. Parameters: path (str):
 Path to read Returns: dict,list: The read json as dict/list. """


    with open(path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
        data = json.load(f)

    return data