Answer: What Comes Next? #169

The answer is C: purple hexagon.

The rule

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

When you run it, Python prints:

1 purple hexagon
2 purple hexagon
3 pink heart
4 pink heart
5 purple hexagon
6 purple hexagon
7 pink heart
8 pink heart
9 purple hexagon
10 purple hexagon