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TAR - how to extract to different folder

Hi there, if i am in /opt and i want to extract /data/package.tar to /usr, how do I do it...How can I extract to a directoory that im not currently in ???

eg ....(this doesnt work)


Code:
#cd /opt
# tar xvf /data/package.tar /usr

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