How is qualitative change possible?

An important principle in the philosophy of dialectics is the transformation of quantity into quality.&#xA;That is, a system which undergoes a significant enough &ldquo;quantitative change&rdquo; which eventually experience a &ldquo;qualitative change&rdquo;, with the appearance of a discrete or discontinuous state change even though the actual process was continuous.&#xA;The classic example is…