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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 $|\lambda \hat{\mathrm{i}}-3 \lambda \hat{\mathrm{j}}+3 \hat{\mathrm{k}}|=$
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$\begin{aligned} & \text {} \frac{1}{6}\left|\begin{array}{ccc}1 & -\lambda & 1 \\ \lambda & -1 & -1 \\ 1 & 1 & \lambda\end{array}\right|=2 \\ & \Rightarrow\left|(-\lambda+1)+\lambda\left(\lambda^2+1\right)+1(\lambda+1)\right|=12 \\ & \Rightarrow 2+\lambda\left(\lambda^2+1\right)=12 \\ & \Rightarrow \lambda\left(\lambda^2+1\right)=10=2 \times 5 \\ & \therefore \quad \lambda=2 . \\ & \therefore|\lambda \hat{i}-3 \lambda \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}|=|2 \hat{i}-6 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}| \\ & =\sqrt{2^2+(-6)^2+3^2}=\sqrt{49}=7 .\end{aligned}$
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