Find the area of the shaded region in the figure below given that AD = 15 cm, BE = 3 cm, AB = 3 cm, ???????...

Find the area of the shaded region in the figure below given that AD = 15 cm, BE = 3 cm, AB = 3 cm,
∠𝐷𝐴𝐵 = ∠𝐸𝐵𝐶 = 90°.

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Kavungya answered the question on November 8, 2019 at 12:16

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