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Where glucose gets broken into pyruvate in the cell.

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Answer:

the cytoplasm

Step-by-step explanation:

Under aerobic conditions, pyruvate can diffuse into mitochondria, where it joins the citric acid cycle and causes reducing equivalents in the form of NADH and FADH2.

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