A small café pays its staff these weekly wages, in dollars:
Weekly wages
The owner wants to advertise an "average wage". Which one is honest?
One worker — the boss, in amber — earns far more than the rest. Pick the average that tells the truth about a typical wage.
Add one value to push the mean.
The current data plus the value you'll add
Out here the trick is honesty: pick the average that won't mislead — and you can deliberately add a value to drag the mean to wherever you want.