a)
\(\begin{array}{l}\left( { - 0,5} \right)x{y^2}\left( {2xy - {x^2} + 4y} \right)\\ = \left( { - 0,5} \right)x{y^2}.2xy - \left( { - 0,5} \right)x{y^2}.{x^2} + \left( { - 0,5} \right)x{y^2}.4y\\ = - {x^2}{y^3} + 0,5{x^3}{y^2} - 2x{y^3}\end{array}\)
b)
\(\begin{array}{l}\left( {{x^3}y - \dfrac{1}{2}{x^2} + \dfrac{1}{3}xy} \right)6x{y^3}\\ = {x^3}y.6x{y^3} - \dfrac{1}{2}{x^2}.6x{y^3} + \dfrac{1}{3}xy.6x{y^3}\\ = 6{x^4}{y^4} - 3{x^3}{y^3} + 2{x^2}{y^4}\end{array}\)