Alright, let's work through 2301 times 1696 step by step
2301 × 1696 = 1696 × (2301)
+ 1696 × 1 resulting in 1696
+ 1696 × 00 producing 0
+ 1696 × 300 giving us 508800
+ 1696 × 2000 yielding 3392000

= 3902496
