Doctor's order says: Infuse 300 mL of Penicillin 5M units to infuse over 40 minutes. Drop factor: 20 gtts/mL. Calculate the flow rate in drops per minutes. Show the computation. Final answer to the nearest whole number.

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Doctor's order says: Infuse 300 mL of Penicillin 5M units to infuse over 40 minutes.
Drop factor: 20 gtts/mL. Calculate the flow rate in drops per minutes. Show the
computation. Final answer to the nearest whole number.

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