She is incorrect. It doesn’t matter what sides you label a or b but c matters. The longest side (the hypotenuse) is always c.
It is the answer D, because 9 it’s in all answers
A polynomial is defined as a collection of variables and constant terms combined by various mathematical operations. The exponents of the variables in a polynomials must be non-negative integers.
If you observe the given options, one of the option (option B) contains a negative exponent. Hence the expression in option B is not a polynomial.