Net force is also a vector quantity which has both magnitude and direction. Using complete sentences, describe the net force acting upon the object during the course of the elliptical orbit. Comment on bot the magnitude ad the direction.

4 Ohms

Explanation:

The challenging part in this circuit is the bridged setup (diamond-shaped arrangement made of the 4 Ohm resistors). In general, this would first need to be transformed using the Wye-Delta transform to be solved, but in this case we can make a valid simplification: since the diamond arrangement is completely symmetrical, the voltage at the top and the bottom tip of the "diamond" will be identical and no current flows through the 4 Ohm bridge, hence, this resistor can be removed without changing the resulting resistance. After this, it is easy to see that the equivalent resistance of the modified "diamond" is just 4 Ohms.

The remaining top parallel branch of the circuit will be 8 Ohms, and the bottom parallel branch is nominally 8 Ohms. The resulting resistance therefore is 4 Ohms.

(The answer is not 2 Ohms!)