The volume of a parallelepiped,whose coterminous edges are given by $\bar{u}=\hat{i}+\hat{j}+\lambda \hat{k}$,$\bar{v}=\hat{i}+\hat{j}+3 \hat{k}$,and $\bar{w}=2 \hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k}$,is $1$ cubic unit. If $\theta$ is the angle between $\bar{u}$ and $\bar{w}$,then the value of $\cos \theta$ is:

  • A
    $\frac{3}{4}$
  • B
    $\frac{5}{6}$
  • C
    $\frac{1}{5}$
  • D
    $\frac{1}{6}$

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