Answer: What Comes Next? #93

The answer is A: blue diamond.

The rule

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

When you run it, Python prints:

1 yellow star
2 blue diamond
3 blue diamond
4 yellow star
5 blue diamond
6 blue diamond
7 yellow star
8 blue diamond