Question

You take a job selling diet marshmallows at a company where the average employee earns $70,000 a year. Later you discover the company has a president and 30 salespeople, but each sales person eats $20,000 a year. How can the "average" be so high?

Answer 1

To find the average they also take into account the salary of the president, who probably makes a lot more than $20,000.