SAT Question 9ff88bb5: Nonlinear Functions answer and explanation with Desmos solution

Choice B is correct. It's given that the graph shows the height above the water $y$, in meters, of a diver $x$ seconds after diving from a platform. The x-intercept of a graph is the point at which the graph intersects the x-axis, or when the value of $y$ is $0$. The graph shown intersects the x-axis between $x=1$ and $x=2$. In other words, the diver is $0$ meters above the water, or hits the water, between $1$ and $2$ seconds after diving from the platform. Of the given choices, only choice B includes an interpretation where the diver hits the water between $1$ and $2$ seconds. Therefore, the best interpretation of the x-intercept of the graph is the diver hits the water at $1.6$ seconds.