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Define the position vector of a point with respect to an origin. If `vec(a) " and " vec(b)` are the position vectors of the points P and Q respectively, find the vector `vec(PQ) ` in terms of `vec(a) " and " vec(b)`.

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`vec(b)-vec(a)`
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