The correct answer is D) each slave would count as a three-fifths of a person in state population counts to determine congressional representation.
<em>The three-fifths compromise determined that each slave would count as a three-fifths of a person in state population counts to determine congressional representation. </em>
When the Constitution was being drafted in 1787. They had to determine the states’ representation or the number of seats in the House of Representatives. The issue was who was eligible to be counted as part of the population. They decided that the slaves of any state would be counted as three-fifths of a white individual. The same situation applied for the presidential election and paying taxes.
