To find 3a - 3b, we need to perform scalar multiplication on vectors a and b and then subtract them.
Scalar multiplication of a vector by a scalar is just multiplying each component of the vector by that scalar.
So, we have:
3a = 3(1, 2) = (3, 6)
3b = 3(2, 1) = (6, 3)
Now, we can subtract 3b from 3a to get:
3a - 3b = (3, 6) - (6, 3) = (3-6, 6-3) = (-3, 3)
Therefore, 3a - 3b = (-3, 3).