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Let a, b be two vectors perependicular to each other and `|a|=2, |b|=3 and ctimesa=b.` Q. When |c-a| is least the value of `alpha` (when `alpha` is angle between a and c) equals

A

`(1)/(2)`

B

`(7)/(2)`

C

`(5)/(2)`

D

`4`

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