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The volume of the tetrahedron with \(\hat{i}-\lambda \hat{j}+\hat{k}, \lambda \hat{i}-\hat{j}-\hat{k}\) and \(\hat{i}+\hat{j}+\lambda \hat{k}\) as coterminous edges is 2 . If \(\lambda\) is an integer, then \(|\lambda \hat{\mathrm{i}}-3 \lambda \hat{\mathrm{j}}+3 \hat{\mathrm{k}}|=\)

  1. A 3
  2. B \(\sqrt{19}\)
  3. C 7
  4. D 13
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(C) 7

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\begin{aligned} & \text {} \frac{1}{6}\left|\begin{array}{ccc}1 & -\lambda & 1 \\ \lambda & -1 & -1 \\ 1 & 1 & \lambda\end{array}\right|=2 \\ & \Rightarrow\left|(-\lambda+1)+\lambda\left(\lambda^2+1\right)+1(\lambda+1)\right|=12 \\ & \Rightarrow…