Answer:
147.03cm
Explanation:
A parallelogram is just a tilted rectangle, so it uses the same formula, base times height.
This would be 8.7 × 16.9
87 × 169 = 14703
move the decimal to get
8.7 × 16.9 = 147.03
the area of the shape is 147.03 cm, don't forget the cm sign!
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