Which of the following best explains the three-fifths compromise? delegates agreed that three-fifths of the voting members had to be in favor of a law before it was written into the constitution. delegates agreed that three out of five members of the house or senate from each state must be men who had served in a branch of the military. delegates agreed that each slave would be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining the population and representation in congress. delegates agreed that each state must have at least three out of five delegates present at the constitutional convention for that state to get a vote.