A student performed a trick using a bar magnet and a paper clip. The paper clip was attached to a piece of string that was taped to a table. The clip appears to float just below the magnet Use what you have learned about magnetic fields to explain how the floating paper clip trick works. Use evidence and scientific reasoning to
support your response.

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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.