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Identify whether the variable in the information below is qualitative or quantitative. Government agencies carefully monitor water quality and its effect on wetlands (Reference: Environment Protection Agency Wetland Report EPA 832-R-93- 005). Of particular concern is the concentration of nitrogen in water draining from fertilized lands. Too much nitrogen can kill fish and wildlife. Twenty- eight samples of water were taken at random from a lake. The nitrogen concentration (milligrams of nitrogen per liter of water) was determined for each sample. O quantitative O qualitative O qualitative as well as quantitative O neither qualitative nor quantitative O Information does not have any variable