Remember that pressure is the force applied to a total area and is the force/ unit of area. Example: You place the palm of your hand to a wall an press. You are exerting a force on the area of the wall under your palm. To find the pressure, you take the force, 7, and divide this by the area of your palm, 0.012 m2. What is the pressure in Pascals which are Newtons/m2