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A 40 kg boy whose leg are `4cm^2` in area and `50cm` long falls through a height of `2m` without breaking his leg bones. If the bones can stand a stress of `1.0xx10^8(N)/(m^2)`, calculate the Young's modulus for the material of the bone.

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