Which of the following applications is the least likely to use quadratic functions to solve? finding the minimum cost of a product

finding the maximum surface area of a floor plan

finding the perimeter of a garden

finding the height of a ball thrown

I would say C: Finding the perimeter of a garden

Step-by-step explanation:

You don't need to use quadratic functions to find the perimeter of a garden. There are uses of quadratic functions in all the other options.

Linear

Step-by-step explanation:

If you graph this, you start at 1500 on the y-axis. Every time the x-axis increases by 1, the y-axis increases by 200. This forms a straight line, making it exponential since it increases by a constat amount.