By looking at the degree of the polynomials, we conclude that the option that is not linear is option C.
<h3>Which of the following functions is not a linear function?</h3>
A polynomial is an expression of the form:

Where all the exponents are natural numbers.
We define the degree of a polynomial as the largest exponent, and we define a linear function as a polynomial of degree 1.
So a linear function is of the form:

Now, if you look at option C, you can see that the degree of that polynomial is 2. So that is not a linear function.
Then the correct option is C.
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Answer:
(n+5)² - (n+3)² =
= (n² + 10n + 25) - (n² + 6n + 9)
= n² + 10n + 25 - n² - 6n - 9
= 4n + 16
= 4(n + 4) ⋮ 4