The maximum volume of a parallelepiped (in cubic units) with vectors $\vec{u} = 2a\hat{i} + \hat{k}$, $\vec{v} = a\hat{j} - a\hat{k}$, and $\vec{w} = 3\hat{i} + a\hat{j}$, where $a \in [0, 1]$, as its coterminous edges is:

  • A
    $1$
  • B
    $2$
  • C
    $3$
  • D
    $4$

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