Angle of depression is the angle between the horizontal plane and the line from the observer’s eye to some object above his eye.

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The angle of depression is the angle between the line of sight of an observer below his horizontal line of sight.

The angle of ___ is the angle between the line of sight of an observer and the object above his horizontal line of sight.

Q. Match the following.

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Match the following.
$\begin{matrix} i) horizontal & a) is the angle between line of sight and the horizontal level & level when the object is above the horizontal line. ii)line of sight & b) is the line running parallel to the plane on which the object is kept. iii) angle of & c) is the line drawn from the eye of the observer to the elevation & point in the object viewed by the observer. iv) angle of & d) is the angle between line of sight and the horizontal depression & level when the object is below the horizontal line. \end{matrix}$

State whether the given statement is true or false:

The angle of depression is the angle between the line of sight of an observer and the object below his horizontal line of sight.

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