A pilot looks down at a runway. The angle below the horizontal is the angle of:
ADepression
BElevation
CReflection
DProjection
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Depression
1. The head is lowered to see the point.
2. The angle measured down from the horizontal has a name.
3. That is the angle of depression.
_Source: syllabus Mathematics Class X, Chapter 9, Some Applications of Trigonometry._
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