On Sun, 28 Jul 2002, Mike Singer wrote:

>Dave Tweed wrote:
>> >
>> > Maybe I misread the posting, I thought it was
>>> across a major diagonal.
>>
>> So, what's the answer for the major diagonal?
>> (and what's the trick?)
>
>R=5/6 OM
>I=6/5 A
>(If I'm not mistaken)
>It was simplest exam question, when I entered
>Institute of Phisics & Technology after school.
> Some sort of symmetry, enabling to connect
>some points.

Yes, the flattened schematic has equipotential corners which simplify the
schematic to three branches of structure (R-(R|R)-R) in parallel. Which is
2.5/3 R or 5/6. They used to torture us with questions like that ?!

Peter

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