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← HistoryWhich data corruption risk increased when Inca quipu use required translation by different specialists?
A)Differential calculus errors arose more often
B)Context loss affected place notation✓
C)Knot slippage altered data integrity
D)Material decay distorted cord colors
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Translations introduced interpretive errors because the encoding mechanism relied on shared cultural context tied to numerical and non-numerical values. Therefore, context loss is a risk, rather than calculation errors or slip-knots because the quipu are physical objects and calculus did yet exist during that age.
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