A physician orders 1,000 mL of 5% dextrose and 0.45% sodium chloride to be infused intravenously at 125 mL/hr. A nurse uses tubing with a drop factor of 20. The nurse calculates that the I.V. solution should be infused at _ drops per minute (gtt/min).

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