The value of $a$,so that the volume of the parallelepiped formed by $\hat{i} + a \hat{j} + \hat{k}$,$\hat{j} + a \hat{k}$,and $a \hat{i} + \hat{k}$ becomes minimum is

  • A
    $\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$
  • B
    $3$
  • C
    $-3$
  • D
    $\sqrt{3}$

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