Answer: What Comes Next? #178

The answer is C: blue heart.

The finished pattern: blue heart, blue heart, blue square, blue heart, blue heart, blue square, blue heart, blue heart.
The finished pattern.

The rule

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

When you run it, Python prints:

1 blue heart
2 blue heart
3 blue square
4 blue heart
5 blue heart
6 blue square
7 blue heart
8 blue heart

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