Why rocket altitude does not increase proportionally?

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Homework Statement
1. Why rocket altitude does not increase proportionally with the amount of rubber band stretch? Provide an explanation for the lack of direct correlation.
I'm not sure that I am doing in right way, and cannot understand why k value is decreasing as rubber band stretches because I thought k value never changes.
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Es=Eg
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I thought it is because of the consevation of the energy, so I used (gravitational potential energy at the top = elastic potential energy). Since the mass of the rocket never changes, I supposed mass= 1kg, and k value is unknown. As a result, I got the result that k value is decreasing as ruvber band stretches.
 

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