! Fuel levy is a tax payable by the licenced manufacturers of petroleum

within South Africa. Petroleum products include petrol, diesel, kerose

The minister of finance in his 2019 budget speech announced that

will increase by 29 cents per litre for petrol and 30 cents per litre for

Mr Zulu consumes 75 litres of diesel per month on average and

consumes 58 litres of petrol per month on average.

The Petrol price excluding the fuel levy is R16.57/l.

The Diesel price excluding the fuel levy is R15.01/1.

4.1. Calculate the total fuel tax paid by this family per month.

4.2. Calculate the total average monthly expenditure on fuel.