Question

A group of students conducted several trials of an experiment to study Newton’s second law of motion. They concluded that tripling the mass required tripling the net force applied. What quantity were the students holding constant?(1 point)
Responses

acceleration
acceleration

mass
mass

net force
net force

number of trials

Answer 1

acceleration

According to Newton's 2nd law (F = ma), if F scales with m (tripling m requires tripling F), then a must have been held constant.