How to Determine Equivalent Capacitance in a Complex Circuit?

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The discussion focuses on determining the equivalent capacitance of a complex circuit involving multiple capacitors. The user encountered difficulties with a specific node in the circuit, ultimately simplifying the problem by disregarding three capacitors that were shorted out. The solution involves calculating the equivalent capacitance of three capacitors in parallel, followed by finding the equivalent capacitance of that result in series with another capacitor.

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Homework Statement



For the circuit in the link below, find C equivalent:

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I tired many ways to solve this but the middle branch just confuses me! it's one big node !
 
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Forget the 3 capacitors on the right side; they are shorted out.
That leaves 3 in parallel to work out. Then the first one in series with that.
 

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