Answer: What Comes Next? #89

The answer is B: blue heart.

The rule

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

When you run it, Python prints:

1 orange triangle
2 blue heart
3 blue heart
4 orange triangle
5 blue heart
6 blue heart
7 orange triangle
8 blue heart