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Three systems drawn as networks: the system works when a path of working components joins the left end to the right end. Series (top left) needs every component; parallel (bottom left) needs one; the bridge (right) has a cross link, component 3, that neither arrangement can express.

Three systems drawn as networks: the system works when a path of working components joins the left end to the right end. Series (top left) needs every component; parallel (bottom left) needs one; the bridge (right) has a cross link, component 3, that neither arrangement can express.

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Description. Three systems drawn as networks: the system works when a path of working components joins the left end to the right end. Series (top left) needs every component; parallel (bottom left) needs one; the bridge (right) has a cross link, component 3, that neither arrangement can express.

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