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Author:Joshua Price

A cannon fires from the point (0,0) at a ship that is at the point (5,0). The cannon ball moves in the shape of the parabola y = −x^2 + 4. Find the x-intercepts of this parabola to determine if the ship will be hit by the cannon ball.

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