Alright, let's work through 8972 times 3074 step by step
8972 × 3074 = 3074 × (8972)
+ 3074 × 2 resulting in 6148
+ 3074 × 70 producing 215180
+ 3074 × 900 yielding 2766600
+ 3074 × 8000 which equals 24592000

= 27579928
