Alright, let's work through 8542 times 2044 step by step
8542 × 2044 = 2044 × (8542)
+ 2044 × 2 giving us 4088
+ 2044 × 40 resulting in 81760
+ 2044 × 500 resulting in 1022000
+ 2044 × 8000 which equals 16352000

= 17459848
