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← HistoryWhich outcome occurred when the Inca empire used knotted quipu?
A)Taxation collection became centrally managed✓
B)Irrigation systems achieved peak efficiency
C)Gold mine production rates increased locally
D)Alpaca wool demand decreased noticeably
💡 Explanation
Tax records relied on the base-10 positional system recorded via knotted strings which is the data compression mechanism. Using these quipu increased transparency on collected tributes; therefore a shift to centralized treasury management occurred, rather than localized economic effects like increased mining yields.
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