Redrawing a circuit to identify parallel and series components

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man I am not good at doing these circuits.. i do think i have it right however i want to be reassured before i drive this info into my head..

http://galileo.physics.fsu.edu/enc/60/b0693c1d166eb44f829042abcf6390a2cf5a73998caaf05a1d16890408211ac74fb5a1875d078912fd7a599483ded40f7806f73f3857b7e65b1628c75c29fe63f222626d31cef1695b9709989c1a225a

thanks guys.. basically redrawing it so you can see what is parallel and in series..
 
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oops sorry about that.. here it is
answered my own question lol..

http://img210.exs.cx/img210/2812/resistor6xg.gif
 
yep, that looks right. circuits are a snap with a little bit of practice.
 
OKay i got the right answer but now it is asking for the current through resistor 5. the current through resistor 6 is 1.64 mA.

then for b it wants the potential difference between point a and b.
 
You've got current through resistor 6. Then use current divider rule to get the current through resistor 5 (using R5 and Req3).