Answer: What Comes Next? #270

The answer is C: pink circle.

The rule

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

When you run it, Python prints:

1 pink circle
2 pink circle
3 green heart
4 purple star
5 pink circle
6 pink circle
7 green heart
8 purple star
9 pink circle
10 pink circle