Meta Hacker Cup 2018 — Qualification Round: Interception

1. 1Read the original problem statement to understand the problem constraints
2. 2Apply polynomial root-finding techniques to identify potential solutions
3. 3Use parenthesization to optimize the solution and minimize computational complexity
4. 4Implement the solution in a programming language like JavaScript
5. 5Test the solution with sample inputs to verify correctness

Software engineers and competitive programmers on a team can benefit from this problem to improve their algorithmic thinking and coding skills, while data scientists can appreciate the mathematical aspects of polynomial root-finding

💡 Parenthesization can significantly reduce computational complexity in polynomial root-finding problems

💡 Solve Interception problem from Meta Hacker Cup 2018 using polynomial root-finding & parenthesization!