Alright, let's work through 3548 times 3988 step by step
3548 × 3988 = 3988 × (3548)
+ 3988 × 8 producing 31904
+ 3988 × 40 yielding 159520
+ 3988 × 500 giving us 1994000
+ 3988 × 3000 that results in 11964000

= 14149424
