Ohmmeter question -- Measuring a 2-resistor circuit

[Kenny555]

Homework Statement

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Find reading of ohmmeter.

Homework Equations

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The Attempt at a Solution

I am a beginner of this topic and I think it is simple as ohmmeter directly measure the resistance of the resistor which is 2k ohm while the correct answer is 1.67k ohm. I have no idea how to get it. Please help! Thanks

 

[Delta2]

The schematic is sort of misleading (at least for a beginner) but if you carefully ponder over it, you ll see that the two resistances are connected in parallel (because the two ground points are essentially one, you can draw a line between the two ground points and the schematic remains equivalent), so the Ohmmeter measures the total resistance of these two resistances connected in parallel.

 

[Kenny555]

solved. Thanks a lot!