Answer: What Comes Next? #48

The answer is A: red heart.

The finished pattern: red triangle, red heart, red triangle, red heart, red triangle, red heart, red triangle, red heart.
The finished pattern.

The rule

The pattern repeats every 2 things: red triangle, red 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 = ["red triangle", "red heart"]
for position in range(8):
    print(position + 1, pattern[position % len(pattern)])

When you run it, Python prints:

1 red triangle
2 red heart
3 red triangle
4 red heart
5 red triangle
6 red heart
7 red triangle
8 red heart

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