Answer: What Comes Next? #63

The answer is D: green hexagon.

The rule

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

When you run it, Python prints:

1 purple triangle
2 green hexagon
3 green hexagon
4 purple triangle
5 green hexagon
6 green hexagon
7 purple triangle
8 green hexagon