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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What leads you to believe that all of those capacitors, C2 through C5, are in parallel?