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Find the area of the parallelogram.

A parallelogram has a lower side measuring 24 centimeters and a right side measuring 9 centimeters. A dashed vertical segment with endpoints on the upper and lower sides is 8 centimeters and meets the lower-left vertex at a right angle.

could I have help, please? ;-;