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Re: XKCD

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Originally Posted by jgw View Post
How did you solve this?

This looks rather daunting especially with 2 wires which cross over others. Way too many meshes for any basic method.
It's actually possible to do by hand using what's called a delta-wye conversion, but I remember that configuration of resistors taking a half hour or so to simplify without calculations just to prove it could be done, and most of an afternoon to calculate. Ether's method is undeniably simpler, but in my opinion at least, nowhere near as fun
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