$A$ swimmer can swim with speed '$v$' with respect to still water in a river which is flowing with speed '$u$'. There is a float moving with the river. Now the swimmer overtakes the float,gets a lead of '$l$',and returns back to the float. The time taken by the swimmer in this process will be:

  • A
    $\frac{2l}{v}$
  • B
    $\frac{2l}{u}$
  • C
    $\frac{l}{\sqrt{v^2 - u^2}}$
  • D
    $\frac{l}{v + u} + \frac{l}{v - u}$

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