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    High School Why does the P come before the Q in relative displacement vector notation?

    We have 3 points. O, P, Q. OP = rP OQ = rQ but why is QP PrQ rather than QrP? I'm just starting M4 and I really like to understand everything. This doesn't make any sense to me and I can't find out online. I'm sure there's a logical reason for it to be like that. Is it because you go...
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