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.
