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Consider two points P and Q with position vectors `bar(OP) = 3bar(a) - 2bar(b)` and `bar(OQ) = bar(a)+bar(b)`. Find the position vector of a point R which divides the line joining P and Q in the ratio 2:1
(i) internally.

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`(5bar(a))/(3)`
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