The maximum value and minimum value of the volume of the parallelepiped having coterminous edges $\hat{i}+x \hat{j}+\hat{k}$,$\hat{j}+x \hat{k}$,and $x \hat{i}+\hat{k}$ are respectively:

  • A
    $\frac{1}{3 \sqrt{3}}+1, \frac{-1}{3 \sqrt{3}}+1$
  • B
    $\frac{2}{3 \sqrt{3}}+1, \frac{-2}{3 \sqrt{3}}+1$
  • C
    $\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}+1, \frac{-1}{\sqrt{3}}+1$
  • D
    $\frac{2}{\sqrt{3}}+1, \frac{-2}{\sqrt{3}}+1$

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Let $\bar{a}=\lambda \bar{i}+3 \bar{j}+4 \bar{k}$,$\bar{b}=3 \bar{i}-\bar{j}+\lambda \bar{k}$ and $\bar{c}=\lambda \bar{i}+\bar{j}-3 \bar{k}$ be three vectors for some integer $\lambda$. If the volume of the parallelepiped with $\bar{a}, \bar{b}, \bar{c}$ as coterminus edges is $61$ cubic units,then the number of possible values of $\lambda$ is

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