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Find the shortest distance between the straight lines `vecr=-4hati+4hatj+hatk+lambda_1(hati+hatj-hatk)" and
"vecr=-3hati-8hatj-3hatk+lambda_2(2hati+3hatj+3hatk)`.

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`sqrt(62)` unit
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