Which risk increases if an Inca quipu's cords deteriorate?

💡 Explanation

Deteriorated cords increase reliance solely on oral tradition, because encoded numerical data is lost; therefore, accurate record-keeping for resource distribution declines, rather than navigational, agricultural, or military intelligence, which relied more directly on observation or other systems.

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