a: =-2/49-5/3+2/49=-5/3
b: \(=\dfrac{5\cdot4^{15}\cdot9^9-4\cdot3^{20}\cdot8^9}{5\cdot2^9\cdot6^{19}-7\cdot2^{29}\cdot27^6}\)
\(=\dfrac{5\cdot2^{30}\cdot3^{18}-3^{20}\cdot2^{27}\cdot2^2}{5\cdot2^9\cdot2^{19}\cdot3^{19}-7\cdot2^{29}\cdot3^{18}}\)
\(=\dfrac{5\cdot2^{30}\cdot3^{18}-3^{20}\cdot2^{29}}{5\cdot2^{28}\cdot3^{19}-7\cdot2^{29}\cdot3^{18}}\)
\(=\dfrac{2^{29}\cdot3^{18}\left(2\cdot3-3^2\right)}{2^{28}\cdot3^{18}\left(5\cdot3-7\cdot2\right)}=2\cdot\dfrac{6-9}{15-14}=2\cdot\left(-3\right)=-6\)