The edge of a cube is of length $a$. Then the shortest distance between the diagonal of a cube and an edge skew to it is:

  • A
    $a\sqrt{2}$
  • B
    $a$
  • C
    $\frac{\sqrt{2}}{a}$
  • D
    $\frac{a}{\sqrt{2}}$

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