Multiply 4.50 by 0.07
4.50*0.07 = 0.315
Then the sales tax is about $0.32.
You can also do it mentally. Moving the decimal point in 4.50 once to the left gives you 10% of the original amount, 0.45. Move it again to get 1% of the price, 0.045. Then multiply this by 7 to get 7%.
26% of 15,000 is $3,900
Which means the sale price is 15000-3900
= $11, 100
The answer would be 44 because you can do 8*11=88 and then divid that be 2