It is almost time for the summer olympics. the olympic hammer throw is a throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. the name hammer throw comes from an older contest where men threw a sledge hammer. the hammer have different weights, ranging from 16 pounds down to 8 pounds. imagine there are four hammers to throw: 16, 12, 10, and 8 pounds. if you throw each hammer with the same amount of force, which hammer will move the shortest distance?
a) 8 pounds
b) 10 pounds
c) 12 pounds
d) 16 pounds

the 16 pound hammer will move the shortest because It weighs the most and the others are weigh less

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.