You find your mass to be 42 kg on a weighing machine. Is your mass more or less than 42 kg? 

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When you weigh your body, an upward force acts on it. This upward force is the buoyant force. As a result, the body gets pushed slightly upwards, causing the weighing machine to show a reading less than the actual value. 

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Our mass is more than 42 kg.

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Even gases (like air) exert an upward force (or buoyant force) on the objects placed in them. Now, when we stand on a weighing machine, then the air exerts an upward force (buoyant force or upthrust) and makes us slightly lighter than we actually are. So, if a weighing machine shows our mass to be 42 kg, then our actual mass will be slightly more than 42 kg.

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