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Answer: D - The flow rate required to deliver 600 drops per hour is 10 mg per hour. If the morphine IV set is delivering 60 drops per mL, and the patient is receiving 600 drops per hour, then the patient is receiving 10 mL each hour. Since the IV bag has 100 mg in 100 mL of D5W, then there is 1 mg of morphine in each mL in the bag. So if the patient is receiving 10 mL in one hour, they are receiving 10 mg per hour.