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A river is flowing from west to east direction with velocity v. A swimmer standing at the south bank wants to cross the river in order to reach a point just in front of the starting point. If the swimmer can swim at a speed of u w.r.t. the river flow, the angle with the north direction, required to swim is equal to?

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