Two golf balls with the same mass were hit at the same time. golf ball a went a shorter distance than golf ball b. what could be a reason that this happened?

golf ball b experienced more friction.
golf ball a experienced less friction.
golf ball b was hit with a weaker force.
golf ball a was hit with a weaker force.

Golf ball A was hit with a weaker force

Explanation:

Golf ball B went a larger distance than golf ball A, so we could think friction affected golf ball A rather than golf ball B. That is why the first two choices are wrong.

The strongest forced applied made golf ball B go further.

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.