In a coordinate system position is just a label for the points, so we can distinguish between different points. Then why we use a position vector to specify the position as it is just a label and nothing else. We can use colours if we want to label the points and it would be fine. For example, Paris is a label for a specific location on earth and it does not have magnitude or direction. Please explain it in as simple terms as you can do not use jargon.
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