Answer: What Comes Next? #34

The answer is B: pink hexagon.

The finished pattern: pink hexagon, pink hexagon, pink triangle, pink hexagon, pink hexagon, pink triangle, pink hexagon, pink hexagon.
The finished pattern.

The rule

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

When you run it, Python prints:

1 pink hexagon
2 pink hexagon
3 pink triangle
4 pink hexagon
5 pink hexagon
6 pink triangle
7 pink hexagon
8 pink hexagon

Pixel says: Try changing a number in the code and run it again. Can you make the pattern go on for 20 steps? Meow!