SOLUTION: if rocket burns at the rate of 2.5 tons per minute when falling out of orbit into the atmosphere. if the rocket weighs 6000 tons before reentry express its weight as a function of

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Question 767250: if rocket burns at the rate of 2.5 tons per minute when falling out of orbit into the atmosphere. if the rocket weighs 6000 tons before reentry express its weight as a function of time t in minutes of reentry
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The rate is given with unit of tons per minute. The variable is minutes, t.
The amount of burning rocket mass is being subtracted from the initial 6000 ton mass.

Calling M the function of time in minutes, M%28t%29=6000-2.5t