Alright, let's work through 1972 times 8217 step by step
1972 × 8217 = 8217 × (1972)
+ 8217 × 2 resulting in 16434
+ 8217 × 70 that results in 575190
+ 8217 × 900 yielding 7395300
+ 8217 × 1000 resulting in 8217000

= 16203924
