Since we want to calculate the velocity at $t = 5.5$ s, we should choose points that are close to $t = 5.5$ s. A good choice would be $t=5$, $t=6$, and $t=7$.
The data points are:
$(t_0, V_0) = (5, 87)$
$(t_1, V_1) = (6, 96)$
$(t_2, V_2) = (7, 103)$
The
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