#The patient's heart rate after 42 minutes using the secant line between the given values of t?

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A cardiac monitor is used to measure the heart rate of a patient after surgery. It compiles the number of heartbeats after t minutes. When the data in the table are graphed, the slope of the tangent line represents the heart rate in beats per minute.
t (min): 36, 38, 40, 42, 44
Heartbeats: 2530, 2661, 2806, 2948, 3080
The monitor estimates this value by calculating the slope of a secant line. Use the data to estimate the patient's heart rate after 42 minutes using the secant line between the points with the given values of t.
(a): t = 36 and t = 42 | (b): t = 38 and t = 42
(c): t = 40 and t = 42 | (d): t = 42 and t = 44

I'm guessing (t (min), Heartbeats)? Please show me how to solve this?

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