a student is investigating mass and acceleration. the student applies the same force to two boxes, as shown in the table.

the student claims that box 1 must have a smaller mass than box 2. which argument best supports the students claim

1 answer

The argument that best supports the student's claim is that box 1 has a greater acceleration compared to box 2 when the same force is applied. This is because according to Newton's second law of motion, acceleration is inversely proportional to mass when the force is kept constant. Therefore, if the same force is applied to both boxes and box 1 has a greater acceleration, it indicates that box 1 must have a smaller mass compared to box 2.