Alright, let's work through 8972 times 3326 step by step
8972 × 3326 = 3326 × (8972)
+ 3326 × 2 resulting in 6652
+ 3326 × 70 yielding 232820
+ 3326 × 900 resulting in 2993400
+ 3326 × 8000 which equals 26608000

= 29840872
