Answer: What Comes Next? #189

The answer is B: red hexagon.

The rule

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

When you run it, Python prints:

1 pink square
2 red hexagon
3 red hexagon
4 pink square
5 red hexagon
6 red hexagon
7 pink square
8 red hexagon