Answer: What Comes Next? #50

The answer is D: green triangle.

The rule

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

When you run it, Python prints:

1 green triangle
2 green triangle
3 green star
4 green triangle
5 green triangle
6 green star
7 green triangle
8 green triangle