A SpaceX rocket has just launched, and the below table shows it's altitude versus time. Using only this data, calculate the best estimation of the rocker's acceleration at time=4.5 seconds time (s) altitude (m) 0.0 0.0 1.5 3.0 4.5 6.0 A. 36.9 mvs² 8.57.0 m/s2 C. 238 m/s2 D.84.7 m/s2 E. 102.2 m/s² 7.5 12.0 34.0 78.0 205.0 562.0

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A SpaceX rocket has just launched, and the below table shows it's altitude versus time. Using only this data, calculate the best estimation of the rocker's acceleration at time=4.5 seconds.
time (s) altitude (m)
0.0
0.0
1.5
12.0
3.0
34.0
4.5
78.0
6.0
205.0
7.5
562.0
ⒸA. 36.9 m/s²
ⒸB. 57.0 m/s2
OC. 238 m/s²
D.84.7 m/s²
E. 102.2 m/s²
Transcribed Image Text:A SpaceX rocket has just launched, and the below table shows it's altitude versus time. Using only this data, calculate the best estimation of the rocker's acceleration at time=4.5 seconds. time (s) altitude (m) 0.0 0.0 1.5 12.0 3.0 34.0 4.5 78.0 6.0 205.0 7.5 562.0 ⒸA. 36.9 m/s² ⒸB. 57.0 m/s2 OC. 238 m/s² D.84.7 m/s² E. 102.2 m/s²
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