Caitlin is designing a railing for a set of stairs. the railing will begin at a height of 36 inches and follow the slant of the stairs, which decreases 9 inches for every 12 horizontal inches. which function can represent the height, y, of the railing in inches according to the horizontal distance in inches, x, from the top of the stairs? i really need

9.4.34  question   to estimate the height of a stone  figure, an observer holds a small square up to her eyes and walks backward from the figure. she stops when the bottom of the figure aligns with the bottom edge of the  square, and when the top of the figure aligns with the top edge of the square. her eye level is 1.811.81 m from the ground. she is 3.703.70 m from the figure. what is the height of the figure to the nearest hundredth of a  meter?