You collect baseball cards. Suppose you start out with 15. Maria takes half of one more than the number of baseball cards you have. Since you're nice, you give Peter 1 baseball card. Since his father makes baseball cards, Paul decides to triple your baseball cards. How many baseball cards do you have at the end?	Choose the correct option:
A) 17
B) 18
C) 19
D) 20
E) 21

Rationale: solution start with 15 baseball cards . maria takes half of one more than the number of baseball cards you have . so maria takes half of 15 + 1 which is 8 , so you ' re left with 15 - 8 = 7 . peter takes 1 baseball card from you : 7 - 1 = 6 baseball cards . paul triples the number of baseball cards you have : 6 × 3 = 18 baseball cards . so you have 18 at the end . correct answer : b
Answer: B