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The equivalent capacitance of the combination shown is
There are four capacitors each of capacitance C.
Notice the two vertical capacitors in the middle are short-circuited.
Why?
Their top plates are connected to the top wire, and bottom plates to the bottom wire — but those top and bottom wires are already directly joined together at the right side by a conducting wire.
So both vertical capacitors have zero potential difference across them:
V=0
They contribute nothing.
Only two capacitors remain:
Both are connected directly between the left terminal and right terminal.
So they are in parallel.
Equivalent capacitance:
$$C_{eq}=C+C$$
=2C
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