The pulley, which is used to increase the angle of contact, is called a/an ________ pulley.

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  1. fast
  2. cross belt
  3. idler
  4. loose

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Option 3 : idler
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​The idler pulley is used to take up slack in the belt drive, but they don’t provide any mechanical advantage nor it transmit any power.

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One more thing you can observe here is that since the idler doesn't provide any mechanical advantage but still they are in contact with the belt drive hence indirectly the angle of contact is increased because of the idler pulley.

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