Answer: What Comes Next? #195

The answer is A: orange heart.

The rule

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

When you run it, Python prints:

1 orange heart
2 orange heart
3 orange triangle
4 orange heart
5 orange heart
6 orange triangle
7 orange heart
8 orange heart