As you step onto the Icarus spacecraft, you are supposed to give a very accurate report of

Question:

As you step onto the Icarus spacecraft, you are supposed to give a very accurate report of your weight. As you approach the front of the line, you realize that you’ve forgotten to subtract the buoyant force exerted on you by the earth’s atmosphere. Estimate the correction that you’ll have to make to the spring-scale reading of your weight.