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A swimmer wishes to cross a 500m wide river flowing at a rate 5km/hr. His speed with respect to water is 3km/hr. (a) If the heads in a direction making an angle `theta` with the flow, he takes to cross the river. (b) Find the shortest possible time to cross the river.

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