Concept:The area of a rhombus is half the product of its diagonals.Explanation:For a rhombus ABCD, the diagonals are AC=16 cm and BD=12 cm.The area of a rhombus is given by 21×d1×d2, where d1 and d2 are the lengths of the diagonals.Substitute the values: Area=21×16×12.Simplify: Area=8×12=96 cm2.Thus, the required area is obtained directly.