Which Two Resistors Are Parallel in This Circuit?

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Homework Statement



What single, equivalent resistor could replace all of the resistors in this circuit?HELP: If you study the diagram, you will see one pair of resistors which is in parallel. Replace this pair with a single equivalent resistor and re-draw the circuit.

HELP: If you have followed the previous suggestion, you will now see a pair of resistors which is in series. Replace this pair with a single equivalent resistor and re-draw the circuit again.

here is an image of the circuit: https://tycho-s.physics.wisc.edu/cgi/courses/shell/common/showme.pl?courses/phys104/fall09/homework/04/r2/ex1s95p3.gif
R1=2 R2=5 R3=13 R4=8

Homework Equations



Req parallel: 1/R1 + 1/R2 = 1/Req

Req series: R1 + R2 =Req

The Attempt at a Solution



I've tried to redraw the circuit where Req= R1 + R2 + [1/(1/R3)+(1/R4)] but that didn't work, any suggestions to which two resistors in the image are parallel to one another to get me started on redrawing the circuit, just to simplify the circuit?

Thanks
 
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Just figured it out, Thanks