Question

Brandon is to administer 480 milliliters of IV fluid over 6 hours at 60 drops per milliliter for a patient. How many

drops per minute would Brandon need to administer? Round your answer to the nearest whole number, if
necessary. Be sure to pick the correct label for your answer.
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Answer 1

• 80 ml/minute

Given :

• Time period : 6 hours
• Quantity of solution to be delivered : 480 ml
• Drops per ml : 60 drops

To find :

• Number of drops to be administered per minute

Solution :

In order to find the number of drops to be administered per minute,we simply will divide the total drops delivered over 6 hours by number of minutes in 6 hours.

• 
  `\rightarrow \: ((60 * 480)ml )/((6 * 60 )\: min) \\`
• 
  `\rightarrow \: (480ml)/(6 \: min) \\`
• 
  `\rightarrow \: 80 \: ml/min`

Thus, a total of 80 ml drops would be needed to administered per minute by Brandon.

Answer 2

80 drops per minute

Explanation:

To find the number of drops per minute that Brandon needs to administer, we can use the following equation:

`\sf \textsf{drops per minute }= \frac{\textsf{total drops}}{\textsf{total time in minutes}}`

We know the total number of drops is 480 ml × 60 drops/ml = 28,800 drops.

We also know the total time in minutes is 6 hours × 60 minutes/hour = 360 minutes.

Substituting these values into the equation, we get:

`\sf \textsf{drops per minute }= ( 28,800 drops)/(360 minutes)`

`\sf \textsf{drops per minute }= 80 drops/minutes`

Therefore, Brandon needs to administer 80 drops per minute of IV fluid.