Answer:
the area of the rhombus is

Explanation:
a rhombus is considered a parallelogram and to find the area of any type of parallelogram is the base * height... in this situation the side would be the base inputted into the equation (A=bh).
A = 17*8
A =

[for reference with rhombus "is a quadrilateral with 4 equal sides. A shape with four sides of equal length."]