If the foot of the perpendicular from point $(4,3,8)$ on the line $L_{1}: \frac{x-a}{l}=\frac{y-2}{3}=\frac{z-b}{4},$ $l \neq 0$ is $(3,5,7),$ then the shortest distance between the line $L_{1}$ and line $L_{2}: \frac{x-2}{3}=\frac{y-4}{4}=\frac{z-5}{5}$ is equal to:

  • A
    $\frac{1}{2}$
  • B
    $\frac{1}{\sqrt{6}}$
  • C
    $\sqrt{\frac{2}{3}}$
  • D
    $\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$

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