Question

A taxpayer who lives and works in Tulsa travels to Buffalo for five days. If three days are spent on business and two days are spent on visiting relatives, only 60% of the airfare is deductible.

a. True
b. False

Answer 1

The statement is true, as the Three-Fifths Compromise was indeed about counting three-fifths of a state's slave population for representation in Congress and taxation purposes during the 1787 Constitutional Convention. Option a

Step-by-step explanation:

The statement "The Three-Fifths Compromise dealt with the issue of representation and taxation" is true. This compromise was an agreement during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention that proposed counting three-fifths of a state's slave population for both representation and taxation purposes.

Specifically, it was a response to debates between the more populous Northern states, which argued against counting slaves at all, and the Southern states wanting to count all slaves for greater representation in Congress.

It was eventually agreed that only a portion of the slave population would count towards the state's population totals when determining representation in the House of Representatives and for tax purposes. Option a