Where is the arsenic in the Six Jars Puzzle?

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The Six Jars Puzzle involves determining the location of arsenic among six jars labeled coffee, arsenic, sugar, snuff, tea, and salt. The puzzle specifies that salt is under the snuff jar and sugar is directly to the right of the coffee jar. By analyzing these constraints, it is concluded that the arsenic must be in the jar labeled tea, as it is the only jar left that does not contradict the given conditions.

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Six jars are placed (left to right: coffee, arsenic, and sugar on the top shelf; snuff, tea, and salt on the bottom shelf) and, thereafter filled up with these ingredients, making sure each jar contains something other than what the label says.

It is known that:

(i) The salt is located under the jar containing snuff, and:

(ii) The sugar is located directly to the right of the jar containing coffee.

Where is the arsenic?
 
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Thx for a good puzzle..Dave
 
Top shelf...Snuff/Tea/Arsenic...Bottom shelf...Salt/Coffee/Sugar
 

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