Paheli and Boojho have to cover different distances to reach their school but they take the same time to reach the school. What can you say about their speed?

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Speed
The distance travelled by an object in a unit time is known as speed. Speed ascertains how fast a body moves.
It just considers the magnitude of the object and ignores its direction. Speed is referred to as a scalar quantity in this context.
For example, In the same amount of time, a man travelling by car will cover a greater distance than a man travelling by bicycle. This is due to the fact that an automobile can travel faster than a bicycle. In kinematics, speed is the component of velocity, hence it is a scalar quantity.
The speeds of Paheli and Boojho are different. In the same length of time, they go unequal distances. When one person is compared to another, the one who crosses the larger distance is the fastest and thus have greater speed.
Hence, the person who travels the larger distance has a faster speed than the person who travels the shorter distance.

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