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The shortest distance between the skew lines `bar(r) = bar(a_(1)) + lamda bar(b_(1)) "and" bar(r) = bar(a_(2)) + mu bar(b_(2))` is

A

-2

B

-5

C

5

D

2

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The correct Answer is:
`(|(bar(a_(2)) - bar(a_(1))).(bar(b_(1))xx barb_(2))|)/(|barb_(1) xx barb_(2)|)`
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