In her backyard garden, Gabriella has 12 tomato plants in a row. As she walks along the row, she notices that each plant in the row has one more tomato than the plant before. If she counts 186 tomatoes in total, how many tomatoes are there on the last plant in the row?
(A) 15 (B) 16 (C) 20 (D) 21 (E) 22
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