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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 _relative_paths(xs, base_path):
 """Adjust paths to be relative to the provided base path. """

    if isinstance(xs, six.string_types):
        if xs.startswith(base_path):
            return xs.replace(base_path + "/", "", 1)
        else:
            return xs
    elif isinstance(xs, (list, tuple)):
        return [_relative_paths(x, base_path) for x in xs]
    elif isinstance(xs, dict):
        out = {}
        for k, v in xs.items():
            out[k] = _relative_paths(v, base_path)
        return out
    else:
        return xs