1 You are given that \(a = \frac { 3 } { 2 } , b = \frac { 9 \sqrt { 17 } } { 4 }\) and \(c = \frac { 9 + \sqrt { 17 } } { 4 }\). Show that \(a + b + c = a b c\).
\(2 \quad\) (i) Simplify \(3 a ^ { 3 } b \times 4 ( a b ) ^ { 2 }\).
(ii) Factorise \(x ^ { 2 } - 4 \quad x ^ { 2 } - 5 x + 6\). Hence express \(\frac { x ^ { 2 } - 4 } { x ^ { 2 } - 5 x + 6 }\) as a fraction in its simplest form.