a) \(\displaystyle{{x - 2} \over {x + 1}}.{{{x^2} - 2x - 3} \over {{x^2} - 5x + 6}}\)\(\displaystyle = {{\left( {x - 2} \right)\left( {{x^2} - 2x - 3} \right)} \over {\left( {x + 1} \right)\left( {{x^2} - 5x + 6} \right)}} \)\(\displaystyle = {{\left( {x - 2} \right)\left( {{x^2} - 3x + x - 3} \right)} \over {\left( {x + 1} \right)\left( {{x^2} - 2x - 3x + 6} \right)}}\)
\(\displaystyle = {{\left( {x - 2} \right)\left[ {x\left( {x - 3} \right) + \left( {x - 3} \right)} \right]} \over {\left( {x + 1} \right)\left[ {x\left( {x - 2} \right) - 3\left( {x - 2} \right)} \right]}} \)\(\displaystyle = {{\left( {x - 2} \right)\left( {x - 3} \right)\left( {x + 1} \right)} \over {\left( {x + 1} \right)\left( {x - 2} \right)\left( {x - 3} \right)}} = 1\)
b) \(\displaystyle{{x + 1} \over {{x^2} - 2x - 8}}.{{4 - x} \over {{x^2} + x}}\)\(\displaystyle = {{\left( {x + 1} \right)\left( {4 - x} \right)} \over {\left( {{x^2} - 2x - 8} \right)x\left( {x + 1} \right)}} \)\(\displaystyle = {{4 - x} \over {\left( {{x^2} - 4x + 2x - 8} \right)x}}\)
\(\displaystyle = {{4 - x} \over {\left[ {x\left( {x - 4} \right) + 2\left( {x - 4} \right)} \right]x}} \)\(\displaystyle = {{4 - x} \over {x\left( {x - 4} \right)\left( {x + 2} \right)}} \)\(\displaystyle = - {{x - 4} \over {x\left( {x - 4} \right)\left( {x + 2} \right)}} = - {1 \over {x\left( {x + 2} \right)}}\)
c) \(\displaystyle{{x + 2} \over {4x + 24}}.{{{x^2} - 36} \over {{x^2} + x - 2}}\)\(\displaystyle={{\left( {x + 2} \right)\left( {x + 6} \right)\left( {x - 6} \right)} \over {4\left( {x + 6} \right)\left( {{x^2} + x - 2} \right)}} \)\(\displaystyle = {{\left( {x + 2} \right)\left( {x - 6} \right)} \over {4\left( {{x^2} + 2x - x - 2} \right)}}\)
\(\displaystyle = {{\left( {x + 2} \right)\left( {x - 6} \right)} \over {4\left[ {x\left( {x + 2} \right) - \left( {x + 2} \right)} \right]}} \)\(\displaystyle = {{\left( {x + 2} \right)\left( {x - 6} \right)} \over {4\left( {x + 2} \right)\left( {x - 1} \right)}} = {{x - 6} \over {4\left( {x - 1} \right)}}\)