A one-way road passes under an overpass in the shape of half an ellipse, 25 ft high at the center and 20 ft wide. Assuming a truck is 12 ft wide, what is the tallest truck that can pass under the overpass?

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Maximization

Have you ever seen a bridge in the shape of a parabola? Where is its maximum on the bridge? The maximum of that bridge is the highest point on that bridge. The process of finding the maximum of the bridge here is called the maximization.