1. The problem is to calculate the product of 7200000 and 1499. 2. Write the multiplication explicitly: $$7200000 \times 1499$$ 3. To simplify, note that 1499 is close to 1500, so you can use the distributive property: $$7200000 \times 1499 = 7200000 \times (1500 - 1)$$ 4. Apply the distributive property: $$= 7200000 \times 1500 - 7200000 \times 1$$ 5. Calculate each term: $$7200000 \times 1500 = 10800000000$$ $$7200000 \times 1 = 7200000$$ 6. Subtract the two: $$10800000000 - 7200000 = 10792800000$$ 7. Therefore, the final answer is: $$10792800000$$