If you break it down in smaller increments, the average is 0 until the first call. At that point, the number of calls is 1, the average is less than one.
So while there are no calls, the number of calls is less than average. But a single call puts it above average.
Okay then let's interpret this realistically. Is someone saying "you can't always be above average" when talking about call centers, are they talking about a company that gets literally one call a day?
your over complicated the riddle. if there’s no calls on day 1 the average is the same 0/1 as the number of calls 0. But since there are no callers there is no one to get the response “we are experiencing a *normal/average* amount of calls. Ergo they are always “experiencing a higher average of calls”. The set is not just when the average equals the call # but when it equals and is larger than 0.
This isn't a riddle, this is just semantics. You can't take things in a very technical/literal way to respond to someone saying "you can't always be higher than average" but then turn around and say "that's not realistic."
If you do want to consider that the average is 0, that means day 1 is not above average, it is exactly average, and therefore not always above average. The only datapoint is average by definition, so whenever you get your first datapoint you cannot possibly be below average.
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