A honeybee with a mass of 0.155g lands on one end of a floating 4.03g popsicle stick. If the bee walks with a velocity of 1.28 cm/s relative to the still water, what is the magnitude of the stick's velocity relative to the water?

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A honeybee with a mass of 0.155g lands on one end of a floating 4.03g popsicle stick.
If the bee walks with a velocity of 1.28 cm/s relative to the still water, what is the magnitude of the stick's velocity relative to the water?

 
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