Answer: What Comes Next? #31

The answer is B: purple star.

The rule

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

When you run it, Python prints:

1 purple star
2 purple star
3 purple square
4 purple star
5 purple star
6 purple square
7 purple star
8 purple star