A company's employee salary distribution shows that a small number of executives earn significantly higher salaries than the vast majority of other employees. In this scenario, which of the following statements is most likely true regarding the mean and median salaries?

The correct answer to the question "A company's employee salary distribution shows that a small number of executives earn significantly higher salaries than the vast majority of other employees. In this scenario, which of the following statements is most likely true regarding the mean and median salaries?" is Option B: The mean salary will be higher than the median salary..

The other options — A) The mean salary will be lower than the median salary., C) The mean and median salaries will be approximately equal., D) The median salary cannot be determined without specific values. — are incorrect for this GMAT Exam Prep question. As explained above: When a dataset has a few extremely high values (a right-skewed distribution), these outliers pull the mean upwards. The median, being the middle value, is less affected by these extreme values, resul…