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← HistoryWhich inaccuracy arose when Incan engineers used quipu records alone for long-span bridge construction?
A)Material stress value miscalculations
B)Rope fiber content variations
C)Unrecorded environmental loading changes✓
D)Anchorage point location discrepancies
💡 Explanation
The quipu enabled meticulous record-keeping of material stocks; however, temporal environmental data was difficult to represent causing Load miscalculations, thereby stressing the structure. Dynamic loading wasn't recorded by the memory aid; therefore stress over time increases to unforeseen levels, rather than purely physical properties mattering.
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