Answer: What Comes Next? #15

The answer is B: orange star.

The rule

The pattern repeats every 3 things: yellow star, orange star, orange star. 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 = ["yellow star", "orange star", "orange star"]
for position in range(8):
    print(position + 1, pattern[position % len(pattern)])

When you run it, Python prints:

1 yellow star
2 orange star
3 orange star
4 yellow star
5 orange star
6 orange star
7 yellow star
8 orange star