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Grover Nursery is a large nursery that has always raised the bedding plants it sells. The managers recently decided to buy bedding plants from a wholesale nursery in another state. List several quantitative factors that might encourage the managers to buy from another grower. List several qualitative factors that might encourage the managers to grow their own plants.

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