For this case we have by definition that the area of a parallelogram is given by:

Where:
b: It's the base
h: It's the height
According to the data we have:

Substituting in the formula:

The area of the parallelogram is 
Answer:

I'm not sure if this dividing,multiplying,subtracting or adding but for adding i got 6 as my answer.I don't know if this the correct answer but its better than having no answer right?
Well here's your answer straight <u><em>he must pay 29.82$ </em></u>and here's my work,
- 20% of 35 is 7 and since its 20% off we must subtract 35-7=28
- Next it said there's a 6.5 tax so that means we are adding on to 28$
- 6.5 of 28 is 1.82 so we add 28+1.82 which equals your answer 29.82
0.0340909091 is the answer