SOLUTION: Hello, I am having trouble figuring out this problem. Will you help me? A rocket burns up at the rate of 2.5 tons/minute after falling out of orbit into the atmosphere. If th

SOLUTION: Hello, I am having trouble figuring out this problem. Will you help me? A rocket burns up at the rate of 2.5 tons/minute after falling out of orbit into the atmosphere. If th

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Question 252830: Hello, I am having trouble figuring out this problem. Will you help me?
A rocket burns up at the rate of 2.5 tons/minute after falling out of orbit into the atmosphere. If the rocket weighed 6000 tons before reentry, express its weight w as a function of the time t, in minutes of reentry.
Answer by rapaljer(4671) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
w(t)= 6000-2.5t
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