a) \(\dfrac{6}{{13}}.\dfrac{8}{{7}}.\dfrac{{ - 26}}{3}.\dfrac{{ - 7}}{8}\)
\(\begin{array}{l} = \left( {\dfrac{6}{{13}}.\dfrac{{ - 26}}{3}} \right).\left( {\dfrac{8}{7}.\dfrac{{ - 7}}{8}} \right)\\ = \dfrac{{6.\left( { - 26} \right)}}{{13.3}}.\dfrac{{8.\left( { - 7} \right)}}{{7.8}}\\= (- 4).\left( { - 1} \right) = 4\end{array}\)
b) \(\dfrac{6}{5}.\dfrac{3}{{13}} - \dfrac{6}{5}.\dfrac{{16}}{{13}}\)
\(\begin{array}{l} = \dfrac{6}{5}.\left( {\dfrac{3}{{13}} - \dfrac{{16}}{{13}}} \right)\\ = \dfrac{6}{5}.\dfrac{{3 - 16}}{{13}}\\ = \dfrac{6}{5}.\dfrac{{-13}}{{13}}\\= \dfrac{6}{5}.\left( { - 1} \right)\\ = \dfrac{{ - 6}}{5}\end{array}\)