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CEMC Gauss (Grade 8), 1998

Combinatorics Difficulty 1.0 Junior Find the answer Canada

The pattern of figures $\triangle\bullet\square\blacktriangle\bigcirc$ is repeated in the sequence $\triangle,\bullet,\square,\blacktriangle,\bigcirc,\triangle,\bullet,\square,\blacktriangle,\bigcirc,\ldots$ . The 214th figure in the sequence is

(A) $\triangle$ (B) $\bullet$ (C) $\square$ (D) $\blacktriangle$ (E) $\bigcirc$

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