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After factoring the polynomial, how do you determine which values of the variable make the original expression undefined?

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If there are fractions in the terms of the factored polynomial, the value of the variable that makes the original expression undefined are those that would let the denominator of the fraction zero because a number divided by zero is undefined. 
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