Find equivalent capacitance in a network with parallels and series

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What is the equivalent capacitance of the network.



Parallel: C1 + C2 + C3 + Cn = Ceq

Series: 1/C1 + 1/C2 + 1/Cn = 1/Ceq


I added C2 C3 C4 and C5 as parallel and then added this to C1 as a series.
 
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  • Circuit schematic with a 6 V battery and five capacitors: C1 = 10 µF, C2 = 20 µF, C3 = 30 µF, C4 = 40 µF and C5 = 50 µF, arranged in a network of parallel and series connections.
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What leads you to believe that all of those capacitors, C2 through C5, are in parallel?