The value of $a$ such that the volume of the parallelepiped formed by the vectors $i + aj + k$,$j + ak$,and $ai + k$ is minimum is:

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

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