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Heavier. You are adding the miniscule weight of the air. If you added Helium it would become lighter.

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use the air measurer. you can buy one at any meachani

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there is a special gauge that they should sell at sporting goods stores and measure ball pressure

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put in enough to make it bounce but not to much!!hope you like my help good luck with your Basketball!! ;)

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Yes, you are putting more matter (the air, which has mass) into the ball, so the ball and the enclosed air will weighmore.

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