Alright, let's work through 3540 times 4896 step by step
3540 × 4896 = 4896 × (3540)
+ 4896 × 0 resulting in 0
+ 4896 × 40 yielding 195840
+ 4896 × 500 that equals 2448000
+ 4896 × 3000 that is equal 14688000

= 17331840
