ANSWER
D. 135 m^2
EXPLANATION
The area of a kite is half the product of the diagonals.
The first diagonal is
9m+6m=15m
Note that the vertical diagonal is the axis of symmetry of the kite.
This diagonal bisect the kite
Therefore the second diagonal is
2(9m)=18m
The area of the kite



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