<u>Answer: </u>The area of the shape is <u>48.38</u> square centimeters.
<u>Step-to-step explanation</u>:-
The side-length of square = 15 cm
Area of square =
Since, the figure shown is formed by the arcs joining the midpoints of the four sides of a square, the radius of the quadrant =
Since, all the interior angles in a square is a right angle, therefore, each quadrant is a sector of 90° in a circle of 7.5 cm radius.
Area of each quadrant= 
=
Now, Area of shaded region = Area of square -4 × Area of quadrant
=
Hence, The area of the shape is <u>48.38</u> square centimeters.