Intersection with a sphere

Question: what are the intersection points?

Plug in the parameteric ray equation into the sphere equation. Sphere equation can be written as(a-q)2=r2, where a is the center and q is a point on the sphere.

Solutions of this equation, if any, are the values of parameter t for the intersection points.

A

B

C

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