The value of $\alpha$,so that the volume of the parallelepiped formed by $\hat{i}+\alpha \hat{j}+\hat{k}$,$\hat{j}+\alpha \hat{k}$,and $\alpha \hat{i}+\hat{k}$ becomes minimum,is

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

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