Bryan is an art sculptor and is creating an art series made entirely of similar figures.

Bryan is an art sculptor and is creating an art series made entirely of similar figures. He buys a Sponge Bob Square Pants figure and decides he wants to make a larger version that has sides 15 times bigger. If the area of the figure is 12.5 cm^2, what is the area of his sculpture?            

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