Space Available on Backups, wrong?

My MacBook has about 48 GB Available. After I do a Time Machine backup, this is correctly reflected on the most recent backup. However, all the ones before that in the "finder" it shows about 156 GB Available.
Is this a feature? If so, what does this larger number mean? Is it taking into account the backup drive too?
Just wondering, thanks.

Hello,
You might want to try installing a program like WinDirStat, which will show you how space is utilized on the hard disk drive in an easy-to-understand graphical fashion. You can then work through the directories containing the most files to determine what you need and what can be archived or otherwise removed from the system.
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