a)
\(\begin{array}{l}{\left( {1 + \frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{4}} \right)^2}.\left( {2 + \frac{3}{7}} \right)\\ = {\left( {\frac{4}{4} + \frac{2}{4} - \frac{1}{4}} \right)^2}.\left( {\frac{{14}}{7} + \frac{3}{7}} \right)\\ = {\left( {\frac{5}{4}} \right)^2}.\frac{{17}}{7}\\ = \frac{{25}}{{16}}.\frac{{17}}{7}\\ = \frac{{425}}{{112}}\end{array}\)
b)
\(\begin{array}{l}4:{\left( {\frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{3}} \right)^3}\\ = 4:{\left( {\frac{3}{6} - \frac{2}{6}} \right)^3}\\ = 4:{\left( {\frac{1}{6}} \right)^3}\\ = 4:\frac{1}{{216}}\\ = 4.216\\ = 864\end{array}\)