Carey crumpled a wad of paper and placed it in a large glass jar. He recorded the total mass of the jar (including
the air in the jar), the paper, the lid, and a match.
Carey lit the match, quickly put it in the jar, and sealed
the lid. Most of the paper burned. He saw smoke in the jar
and black ashes left from the paper.
Which sentence best describes the total mass of the jar,
lid, paper, and match before burning compared with the
total mass after burning?
A The total mass after burning is greater.
B The total mass after burning is less.
C The total mass before and after burning is the same.

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.