In 2006, 5,200 highway accidents were recorded in a city. the number of highway accidents increases by 5% every year. let y represent the number of highway accidents x years since 2006. which type of sequence does the situation represent? a. the situation represents an arithmetic sequence because the successive y-values have a common difference of 1.5. b. the situation represents a geometric sequence because the successive y-values have a common ratio of 1.05. c. the situation represents an arithmetic sequence because the successive y-values have a common difference of 1.05. d. the situation represents a geometric sequence because the successive y-values have a common ratio of 1.5.