Kirchoff's law help with circuits

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The discussion focuses on solving a circuit problem involving a battery and five resistors using Kirchhoff's law and Ohm's law. The user initially calculated the equivalent resistance and current but struggled with finding the correct currents at specific points, Ih, Ic, and If. After some confusion, they realized the mistake was in assuming only one current was flowing through point B, where multiple currents from resistors R4 and R5 converge. Once this was clarified, they successfully found the correct values for the currents. The discussion highlights the importance of accurately applying Kirchhoff's law in circuit analysis.
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Homework Statement


The circuit to the right consists of a battery (V0 = 26.0 V) and five resistors (R1 = 211 Ω, R2 = 682 Ω, R3 = 363 Ω, R4 = 534 Ω, and R5 = 465 Ω). Find the current passing through each of the specified points. The Circuit http://i.imgur.com/4JSIHdG.png all I need to find is Ih Ic If

Homework Equations


I=v/r
kirchoffs law

The Attempt at a Solution


At first I found the R equvilance of the whole circuit to find the whole circuits Current. Then I used the current value to find how much voltage the Requvialnce of R2345. Then I found Ih by using I = v / r5 and that came out to be 20.43 and that was correct. However When I tried using the values R4 and R2 in the equation to find Ic and If the ansers were wrong. I am assuming youre suppose to use kirchhoffs law but unsure how any help would be appreciated.
 
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Nevermind I figured out the solution. The problem was I didn't realize multiply currents were running through B.(two currents from r4 & r5) I was only assuming one current was running,
 

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