The foot of the perpendicular from the point $A(1, 0, 3)$ to the line joining the points $B(4, 7, 1)$ and $C(3, 5, 3)$ is

  • A
    $\left(\frac{5}{3}, \frac{7}{3}, \frac{17}{3}\right)$
  • B
    $\left(\frac{10}{3}, \frac{17}{3}, 2\right)$
  • C
    $\left(0, \frac{1}{2}, \frac{3}{2}\right)$
  • D
    $\left(\frac{1}{5}, \frac{3}{5}, \frac{7}{5}\right)$

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