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Show that the lines `vecr=(6hati+hatj+2hatk)+s(hati+2hatj-3hatk) and vecr=(3hati+2hatj-2hatk)+t(2hati+4hatj-5hatk)` are skew lines and hence find the shortest distance between them.

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shortest distance `=(7)/(sqrt(5))` units
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