That compromise is known as the Great Compromise.
The Three-Fifths Compromise was a compromise reached between delegates from southern states and those from northern states during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention. The debate was over if, and if so, how, slaves would be counted when determining a state's total population for constitutional purposes.
Every fraction has infinitely many equivalent fractions. A representative fraction is one member of this set.
It is the value of the fraction.
The advantage of representative fraction is that any unit of distance may be adopted.
I would imagine that it is getting a representative sample number and a fraction of the population that does not have bias to the study in question
The fraction 3/5 is compromise. It is in between delegates.
3/5
Please define what you mean by "non determining decimal" and resubmit the question.
representative fraction
a portion that represents the whole
A scale bar is a cartographic device that is typically included on a map to show the relationship between distances on the map and actual distances on the Earth's surface. This allows users to determine the size and dimensions of features represented on the map.
An RF scale is a Representative Fraction (RF) Scale