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Find the shortest distance between the following pair of lines :
`(x-1)/(2) = (y-2)/(3)=(z-3)/(4),(x-2)/(3)=(y-3)/(4)=(z-5)/(5)`

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`= (1)/(sqrt(6))` units.
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