Will give 20 points! which statement best explains the three-fifths compromise? a. when the constitution was ratified by three-fifths of the states, it would become temporary law for those states. b. for the purposes of determining the population of a state, three out of every five enslaved people would be counted. c. members of the house of representatives would represent three-fifths of the population of the state. d. three-fifths of the proposed rights would be added to a bill of rights.