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Why was the Three-Fifths Compromise created?A.to allow cloture to be invoked, ending a filibuster in the Senate, with the support of 60senatorsB.to prescribe the proportion of states required to ratify a constitutional amendmentC.to provide a formula by which slaves would be counted for states' representation inthe House of RepresentativesD.to establish the percentage of votes necessary for electors to be chosen under theoriginal provisions of the Electoral College system

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C. It provided a formula to count enslaved people as three-fifths of a person for purposes of apportioning seats in the House (and for direct taxation), resolving a dispute between Northern and Southern states.