You put $500 in an account that earns 4% annual interest. the interest earned each year is added to the principal to create a new principal. find the total amount in your account after each year for 3 years.

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.