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Answer: B - The flow rate required to deliver 300 drops per hour is 5 mg per hour. If the morphine IV set is delivering 60 drops per mL, and the patient is receiving 300 drops per hour, then the patient is receiving 5 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 5 mL in one hour, they are receiving 5 mg per hour.