In the demolition of an old building, a 1,300 kg wrecking ball hits the building at 1.07 m/s2 Calculate the amount of force at which the wrecking ball strikes the building.
The wrecking ball strikes the building with a force of
1,324
N.

The real answer should be 1391. Considering the mass x acceleration

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.