Which direction should I draw a force that is $X$ degrees to the horizontal?

Question

Left or right? IE "a table that is $20$ meters, fixed at $35$ degrees to the horizontal". Would it be like: / or \ ??

Answer 1

The typical convention is that positive angles are counterclockwise, i.e. towards the positive $y$ axis. See wikipedia.

Answer 2

As per convention it should be in the counterclockwise direction. So if the angle is acute ($35$ degrees in this case) , it should be inclined like $$\angle$$