If you had mistakenly rested your finger on the balance while you were weighing the cylinder plus oil in determination 1 , would your calculated density of oil for that determination be greater or led than it actual density ?

I believe that the answer to the question provided above is the density would be bigger since the rested finger will contribute to the mass of the oil.
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