Answer: What Comes Next? #90

The answer is A: orange circle.

The finished pattern: orange heart, orange circle, orange heart, orange circle, orange heart, orange circle, orange heart, orange circle.
The finished pattern.

The rule

The pattern repeats every 2 things: orange heart, orange circle. Then it starts again from the beginning.

The pattern as Python code

Here is a tiny Python program that follows the same rule. Type it into IDLE and run it to print the whole pattern, including the answer.

pattern = ["orange heart", "orange circle"]
for position in range(8):
    print(position + 1, pattern[position % len(pattern)])

When you run it, Python prints:

1 orange heart
2 orange circle
3 orange heart
4 orange circle
5 orange heart
6 orange circle
7 orange heart
8 orange circle

Pixel says: Try changing a number in the code and run it again. Can you make the pattern go on for 20 steps? Meow!