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← HistoryWhich oversight would damage calculations using Inca quipu?
A)Varying knot tying consistency✓
B)Ignoring solar zenith angles
C)Using base-6 instead of decimal
D)Employing different llama wool colors
💡 Explanation
Inca quipu relied on precise values; therefore, varying knot tying introduced inconsistencies affecting the base-10 positional numeral system, triggering magnitude errors due to unreliable Encoding Variation, because knot type indicates number magnitude, rather than stylistic flourish.
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