Question

In the United States the average salary of a professional basketball player is about to $5.15x10^6 while the national average salary is about $42,980.


The average salary of a professional basketball player is about how many time the national average

Answer 1

Let's find the value of the salary in scientific notation. We are multiplying $5.15 by 10^6, so we need to move the decimal point to the right 6 times. The average salary of a professional basketball player is $5,150,000.

Divide 5,150,000 by 42,980 to find out how many times greater the basketball salary is compared to the national average.

5150000/42980 = 119.823 times the national average.