Explanation:
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![\underline{ \underline{ \large{ \tt{ \bold{ \purple{G \: I \: V \: E \: N}}}}} }:](https://img.qammunity.org/2022/formulas/mathematics/middle-school/x8oz93vryvpktyxoi3mboeb4pqmg9jfjaz.png)
- Base of the parallelogram ( b ) = 16 in
- Height of the parallelogram ( h ) = 17 in
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![\underline{ \underline{ \large{ \tt{ \bold{ \red{T \: O \: \: F \: I \: N \: D }}}}}}:](https://img.qammunity.org/2022/formulas/mathematics/middle-school/baxj0sdezuk36qvl78gdvkyvt6g2xl2tep.png)
- Area of the given parallelogram ( P )
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![\underline{ \underline{ \large{ \bold{ \pink{ \tt{ S \: O \: L \: U \: T\: I \: O\:N}}}}}} :](https://img.qammunity.org/2022/formulas/mathematics/middle-school/pubrr1iw9xeerwtbcpbv0i07x4lmgfiufn.png)
![\boxed{ \large{ \bold{{\sf{Area \: of \: a \: parallelogram \: ( \: A \: ) \: = b \: * \: h}}}}}](https://img.qammunity.org/2022/formulas/mathematics/middle-school/ytnpw3mrqj02hqg4aiqnk4fvwj2leoua19.png)
Plug the known values and then multiply !
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![\large{ \tt{17 \: in \: * \: 12 \: in}}](https://img.qammunity.org/2022/formulas/mathematics/middle-school/9xbnx4nmqz7vt4936pyd6rqvg4ukry3ejm.png)
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![\large{ \tt{ 272 \: {in}^(2) }}](https://img.qammunity.org/2022/formulas/mathematics/middle-school/jrvqusps1idye03p0ere9ulrqbvkjv3bxh.png)
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![\red{ \boxed{ \boxed{ \bold{ \tt{Our \: final \: answer : \underline{ \boxed{ \tt{272 \: {in}^(2) }}}}}}}}](https://img.qammunity.org/2022/formulas/mathematics/middle-school/kneuxj5x4qxzp5tdcqvbjd22tqqc81csl8.png)
Hope I helped ! ♡
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