Which statement best explains the Three-Fifths Compromise?

When the Constitution was ratified by three-fifths of the states, it would become temporary law for those states.

For the purposes of determining the population of a state, three out of every five enslaved people would be counted.

Members of the House of Representatives would represent three-fifths of the population of the state.

Three-fifths of the proposed rights would be added to a bill of rights.

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Paul Barton · Answer 1

For the purposes of determining the population of a state, three out of every five enslaved people would be counted.