The equivalent resistance between the points and in the following circuit is . The value of is ______ .


Assign currents and apply Kirchhoff's laws. Let total current from a 1 V test source be from A to B. Let be the current through the top-left 6 Ω (A to mid-top), and through the bottom-left 3 Ω (A to mid-bottom). The bridge resistor between the two middle nodes carries from top to bottom (from KCL at the top-middle node).
Loop equation around the top loop and the right half (top-right 3 Ω, bridge 3 Ω, bottom-right 6 Ω):
...(1)
Apply KVL around outer loop A top B (top branch only) with the 1 V source between A and B:
... carrying out the careful KVL with the bridge yields:
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