For what value of $a$ is the volume of the parallelepiped formed by the vectors $\hat{i} + a\hat{j} + \hat{k}$,$\hat{j} + a\hat{k}$,and $a\hat{i} + \hat{k}$ minimum?

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

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