Question

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

Answer 1

Answer:In fact, a weighing machine is a sort of spring balance which measure the weight (and not the mass) of a body. When we stand on the weighing machine, our weight (which is due to gravitational attraction of the earth) acts vertically downwards.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

The weighing machine measures this apparent weight and hence the mass indicated by it is less than the actual mass. Our actual mass will be more than 42 kg.