Riya's claim that the product of 54.3 and 8.2 is 44,526 is incorrect.
To find the correct product of 54.3 and 8.2, we can perform the multiplication:
\[ 54.3 \times 8.2 \]
Calculating the product:
\[ 54.3 \times 8.2 = 445.26 \]
The correct answer is 445.26, not 44,526.
Riya's mistake likely arises from misplacing the decimal point. When multiplying decimal numbers, you need to count the total number of decimal places in each factor (in this case, 1 decimal place in 54.3 and 1 decimal place in 8.2, totaling 2 decimal places) and position the decimal point in the final product accordingly.
Thus, the correct product is 445.26.