Alright, let's work through 3427 times 3494 step by step
3427 × 3494 = 3494 × (3427)
+ 3494 × 7 yielding 24458
+ 3494 × 20 giving us 69880
+ 3494 × 400 resulting in 1397600
+ 3494 × 3000 producing 10482000

= 11973938
