Answer: What Comes Next? #80

The answer is C: teal star.

The rule

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

When you run it, Python prints:

1 orange star
2 teal star
3 teal star
4 orange star
5 teal star
6 teal star
7 orange star
8 teal star