How Much Pressure Is Required to Compress an Iron Block by 0.16%?

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How much pressure is needed to compress the volume of an iron block by 0.16 \%? Express your answer in {\rm{N/m}}^2.

I know pressure is the same as stress, and that stress is force/csa. Could someone point me in the right direction.
 
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