An athlete has a weight of 800 N. He stands on a physical horizontal floor. The area of his feet in contact with the floor is 0.040 m2. What is the pressure he exerts on the floor?
2.0×103 N/m22.0 \times 10^3\text{ N/m}^22.0×103 N/m2
4.0×103 N/m24.0 \times 10^3\text{ N/m}^24.0×103 N/m2
2.0×104 N/m22.0 \times 10^4\text{ N/m}^22.0×104 N/m2
4.0×104 N/m24.0 \times 10^4\text{ N/m}^24.0×104 N/m2
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