Will a body move more in air or vaccum when weighed by a spring balance ? Give reasons for your answers

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The simple reason is that air is made of many constituents. When a body is weighed in air the buoyant force of the air will reduce its weight.

Contrarily, in vacuum there would be no such force, thus the weight of a body would be more, though negligible

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