Answer: What Comes Next? #329

The answer is C: red heart.

The rule

The pattern repeats every 4 things: red heart, red heart, pink heart, green heart. 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 = ["red heart", "red heart", "pink heart", "green heart"]
for position in range(10):
    print(position + 1, pattern[position % len(pattern)])

When you run it, Python prints:

1 red heart
2 red heart
3 pink heart
4 green heart
5 red heart
6 red heart
7 pink heart
8 green heart
9 red heart
10 red heart