How to Find Equivalent Capacitance?

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Homework Statement



Hi, i was working on finding the equivalent capacitance, but I'm not sure if I'm doing it right
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Find the equivalent capacitance?

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I thought of adding the top in series, and i got 1/C = 1/2 + 1/1 = 3/2 so C = 2/3
on the bottom, i added them in series too and i got 1/C = 1/3 + 1/5 = 8/15 so C = 15/8
then i thought i could add all of them in parallel and i added 2/3+15/8+4 = 20/3

but i don't know which one i am supposed to add first, because 1 and 3 are in parallel, and 2 and 5 are also in parallel, so do i add those first? I don't get the order..
 
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