alleryStart learning →Looking down from a balcony at a pot, the line of sight makes which angle with the horizontal?
AElevation
BDepression
CRefraction
DRotation
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Depression
The point viewed lies below the horizontal level, so the angle formed with the horizontal is the angle of depression.
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