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Math·Problem-Solving and Data Analysis·Ratios, rates, proportional relationships, and units
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Before liftoff, one of a space shuttle’s solid rocket boosters contained 478,000 kilograms (kg) of propellant. Exactly 17 seconds after liftoff, 392,949 kg of this propellant remained. On average, approximately how much propellant, in kg, did this solid rocket booster burn each second after liftoff?
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