The value of $a$ for which 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
    $\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$
  • C
    $\sqrt{3}$
  • D
    $-\sqrt{3}$

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