# What's in the last box?

Complete the pattern below with an answer from the five choices

• I love your puzzles, but please continue with the grandpa mysteries! :D – Mr Pie Jul 21 '18 at 12:59
• I find it irritating that there is a big dot on the right of Venus and a line segment on the right of Neptune. Is that intentional? – ibrahim mahrir Jul 21 '18 at 16:48

The next planet is

E. Venus

because

The planet's numbers are $2,7,1,8$. These are the digits of $e$, and the next digit is $2$.

Also notice:

There is a small dot after the first venus. This represents the decimal point. Thanks @malioboro. I believe the small line after Neptune is simply the cursor on the word processor used to generate the image, and carries no significance to the answer.

• I think that is why there is a dot after venus image – malioboro Jul 22 '18 at 2:40
• Good one @Riley. But the answer is "e" not E. Because it is "e". LOL – DEEM Jul 22 '18 at 11:43

Is it

E. Venus

The pattern is:

Venus, Uranus, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, ...

• Less is more, eh? – ibrahim mahrir Jul 21 '18 at 16:45

Labelling Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune as $1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,$ and $7$ respectively.

The pattern is second and second last coupled together $i.e., 2$ and $7$; First and last coupled together $i.e., 1$ and $8$, next would be 3 and 6 so the answer is $Earth.$

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A. The planets go from first to last to second-first and etc.

• The first planet is Mercury, not Venus ... – Glorfindel Jul 21 '18 at 11:59
• oh oops sry i accidentaly mixed them around – Alan Zhou Jul 21 '18 at 12:01