Element pl-order-blocks: Externally graded python code using numpy

We want to run the following code snippet, where we randomly define two 1d numpy arrays, and call a function that computes the dot product between these two arrays:

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import numpy as np

a = np.random.rand(4)
b = np.random.rand(4)

print("# Given two 1d numpy arrays:")
print(a)
print(b)
print("# Your function returns:")
print( my_dot_product(a,b) )

Write the function my_dot_product:

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    d = a*b

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    d = a.T@b

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    d = a@b

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    d = np.inner(a,b)

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    d = np.outer(a,b)

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    def my_dot_product(a,b):

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    return 

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    return d
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