How Do You Calculate Total Resistance in a Diagonal Battery and Resistor Setup?

[dukeedee]

I tried finding this same problem somewhere in the forums here but I couldn't find a similar one, its getting the best of me! I have a problem with a square and a line going diagonal from corner to corner, with a 1.5v battery on the diagonal and on the top side a 4ohm resistor and 6ohm resistor on the other side. So the battery intersects the corner with a resistor on either side of the corner. Would it just be two in parallel so (1/4 + 1/6)^-1 = 2.4ohms? I cannot figure it out, help please!

 

[ehild]

A lead can be as sort as you like. Both terminals of those resistors are connected through the wires, and the shape and length of the wires does not matter. You are right, the resistors are in parallel, and the resultant is 2.4 ohms.

ehild

 

[supratim1]

if you get confused by seeing the shapes, don't worry. try drawing an equivalent circuit, keeping the terminals same, using straight wires. you will see easily that its a parallel connection.

 

[dukeedee]

Ah, i see. That's whatwas holding me up. Thanks guys!