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A train leaves Buffalo traveling west at 60 miles per hour. An hour later, another train leaves Buffalo traveling east at 80 miles per hour. When are the two trains the same distance from Buffalo? Show the equation you use and solve it.

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60+60h=80h
-60h -60h
60=20h
*1/20 *1/20
3=h
After 3 hours the two trains would be the same distance away from Buffalo.
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