Answer: What Comes Next? #16

The answer is A: blue hexagon.

The rule

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

When you run it, Python prints:

1 blue circle
2 blue hexagon
3 blue hexagon
4 blue circle
5 blue hexagon
6 blue hexagon
7 blue circle
8 blue hexagon