Answer: What Comes Next? #282

The answer is C: pink heart.

The rule

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

When you run it, Python prints:

1 orange heart
2 pink heart
3 orange heart
4 blue heart
5 orange heart
6 pink heart
7 orange heart
8 blue heart
9 orange heart
10 pink heart