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A man directly crosses a river in time `t_1` and swims down the current a distance equal to the width of the river I time `t_2`. If `u and v` be the speed of the current and the man respectively, show that `t_1`: `t_2`: : `sqrt(v + u)` : `sqrt(v - u))`.

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