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Homework Statement
Consider an icosahedron all of whose edges are 2 ohm resistors. If a 12 V battery is connected in opposite vertices, what is the current flow through each resistor?
Homework Equations
v=ir
The Attempt at a Solution
I found somewhere that the equivalent resistance of the icosahedron would be R/2. So i use v=ir to find i=v/r =12/1=12amps and since there are 30 edges in the shape, i take 12/30 because of symmetry so the current through each resistor is 3/5amps?
Im not sure how to actually reduce a 3D shape of resistors, it has been a while since I've taken a class on circuits. Any help would be much appreciated.