The Smiths spend 12% of their budget on entertainment. Their total budget this year is $3,000 more than last year, and this year they plan to spend $6,360 on entertainment. What was their total budget last year?
Their total budget last year was

The question is kind of confusing. if it's asking how many variations of answers can you give. then do 4^5 for your answer.this would be something like the first question could be a and the 2nd c or first b next c etc. if you can, ask the teacher for a better confirmation of what it's asking. if i'm assuming correctly what it's asking, it's 625 different variations.