Answer: What Comes Next? #36

The answer is B: blue star.

The rule

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

When you run it, Python prints:

1 blue star
2 blue star
3 teal diamond
4 blue star
5 blue star
6 teal diamond
7 blue star
8 blue star