circuit question

[thedarkhorse]

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How can you tell by looking at a circuit diagram that one of the resistors is in parallel with a short circuit and therefore does not count when adding all the resistors together?

 

[tros0836]

My dad is an electrician and he told me that the current would run through the bottom not the top of the 2 ohm resistor and therefore doesn't count when adding.