what function can be used to find the number of bacteria present at the end of h hours?

There are 1,000 bacteria in a petri dish. the number of bacteria increases 20% each hour.

A. f(h)=(1,000)(0.2)^h
B. f(h) = (1,000)(0.8)^h
C. f(h) = (1.2)(1000)^h
D. f(h) = (1,000)(1.2)^h

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D. f(h) = (1,000)(1.2)^h

This function takes into account the initial number of bacteria (1,000) and the growth rate of 20% per hour (1.2) raised to the power of the number of hours.