Which type of function is the result of adding a quadratic function and a linear function?

Always Quadratic

Let f(x)=ax2+bx+c (with a≠0), 
and let g(x)=dx+e.

Then (f+g)(x)=ax2+(b+d)x+(c+e).
Since a≠0, this is quadratic every time.

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