Alright, let's work through 7969 times 2973 step by step
7969 × 2973 = 2973 × (7969)
+ 2973 × 9 producing 26757
+ 2973 × 60 yielding 178380
+ 2973 × 900 what gives us 2675700
+ 2973 × 7000 that results in 20811000

= 23691837
