In a third period battle the girls were able to overcome the boys 3 times in the tug of war. The boys had 8 individuals each pulling with a force of 30 N. The 10 girls were able to pull the rope toward them with a net force of 50 N. What was the minimum amount of force each of the 10 girls applied to the rope.

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force is based upon mass and acceleration.the statement is not always true.

it can be explained from newton's second law of motion.

as per newton's second law of motion the rate of change of momentum is directly proportional to the applied force and takes place along the direction of force.

mathematically it can be written as -

                                              ⇒      

here   k is the proportionality constant whose value is 1.

                                                            [a is the acceleration=dv/dt]

hence we see that force not only depends on mass and acceleration but also on velocity and rate of change of mass. force f will depend on mass and acceleration only when mass is constant.

hence the statement that force is based upon mass and acceleration is false.

there are no contact forces mentioned on the list of choices that you've provided.

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