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SAT Question of the Day Explained – February 27, 2014 – Math, Algebra

Today’s SAT question of the day is a medium-difficulty math question that asks us about the term “undefined”.  Undefined, for the purposes of the SAT, means that we’d be dividing by zero. Every time you see that word, translate it into “divide by zero.”

Today we need to know what value of x would make this equation undefined for y:

y equals ((x plus 1) times (x minus 2)) over ((x plus 3) times (x minus 4))

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