The storage tank contains ethanol (density 8.1×10² kg/m³). The tank is 4.0 m in radius, the short pipe at the bottom of the tank is 1.0 cm in radius, and the height of ethanol in the tank is 3.2 m. The volume flow rate of ethanol from the short pipe is 4.4×10⁻³ m³/s.
What is the gauge pressure of the air inside the tank in the space above the ethanol?

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.