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Question is as follows: Average torque on a Projectile of mass $m$ with initial speed $u$ and angle of projection $θ$ between initial $(P)$ and final $(Q)$ positions is

I researched a lot but wherever I saw they used the following way

$$\vec{r}=ucos\theta.t$$

$$\vec{F}=mg$$

$$t=\frac{2usin\theta}{g}$$

This implies

$$\vec{\tau_{avg}}=\frac{\vec{r}×\vec{F}}{t}$$

But I want to solve this using integration but I'm not able to. Kindly help me

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  • $\begingroup$ Torque about what point in space? And what does "average torque" mean? That's undefined.. Time averaged, position averaged, other? $\endgroup$
    – Bill N
    Commented Jan 9, 2021 at 16:17
  • $\begingroup$ @BillN Average Torque implies sum of torques at each point in the projectile divided by the total time taken to complete the path of the projectile $\endgroup$
    – user869606
    Commented Jan 9, 2021 at 16:20

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Find torque($\tau$) as a function of time. I am assuming you can do it. If not, let me know.

For averaging it find $$\frac{\int{\tau{dt}}}{t}$$

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