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Which sentence is punctuated correctly?



My plant society requires a three—fifths majority to vote in a new president.


My plant society requires a three fifths majority to vote in a new president.


My plant society requires a three-fifths majority to vote in a new president.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The third sentence is correct:

"My plant society requires a three-fifths majority to vote in a new president."

Reason: spelled-out fractions used as compound modifiers before a noun are hyphenated ("three-fifths majority"). An em dash (—) is wrong here, and omitting the hyphen is also incorrect.