Time to swim across river with variable speed - Math Puzzle

The video tutorial explains how to swim across a river in a straight line by angling your swim to counteract the river's current. It involves calculating the net horizontal speed using Pythagorean theorem and integrating to find the total time taken. The final result shows that it takes approximately 0.524 hours to cross the river.

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