In this puzzle, you have four containers of oshikandela, one of which is poisonous. You possess a rat that dies exactly 10 hours after consuming the poisoned oshikandela. Your task is to identify the poisonous container within a 24-hour period by administering the oshikandela samples to the rat strategically, so that you can drink 3 containers without dying. What will you do?

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Administer oshikandela from container 1 at 0 hour, container 2 at hour 5, container 3 at hour 10, container 4 at hour 15. Then wait to determine which container causes the rat's death.

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Administer oshikandela from container 1 at 0 hour, container 2 at hour 2, container 3 at hour 4. Check the rat's health after each administration to determine which container is poisonous.

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Administer a small amount from each container at the same time and wait for 10 hours to see which container is poisonous.

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Administer oshikandela from container 1 at 0 hour, container 2 at hour 1, container 3 at hour 2, container 4 at hour 3. Then observe the rat and determine which container caused the rat's death after 10 hours.

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