In this experiment, the students were holding acceleration constant. According to Newton's second law of motion, \( F = ma \), if the mass is tripled and the force must also be tripled to maintain the same acceleration, then acceleration is the constant quantity in the scenario.
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 quanity were the students holding constant?
acceleration
mass
net force
number of trials
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