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In the diagram above, we have dissected triangle $ABC$ into four congruent triangles. We can thus see that the area of triangle $ABC$ is twice the area of its inscribed square, so its area is $2(15)=30$ sq cm. In the diagram on the right, we have dissected triangle $DEF$ into nine congruent triangles. We can thus see that the area of the inscribed square is $4/9$ the area of triangle $DEF$. The area of triangle $DEF$ is 30 sq cm (since it's congruent to triangle $ABC$), so the area of the square is $(4/9)(30)=\boxed{\frac{40}{3}}$ sq cm.