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Represent the following situations in the form of quadratic equations :
A train travels a distance of 480 km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 8 km/h less, then it would have taken 3 hours more to cover the same distance. We need to find the speed of the train.

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`x^(2) - 8x - 1280 = 0` (x = Speed of the train)
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