Answer: What Comes Next? #49

The answer is C: orange triangle.

The rule

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

When you run it, Python prints:

1 orange circle
2 orange triangle
3 orange circle
4 orange triangle
5 orange circle
6 orange triangle
7 orange circle
8 orange triangle