A registered nurse is preparing to administer flucloxacillin 1 g in 100 mL of sodium chloride 0.9% intravenously over 30 minutes. No infusion pump is available, so a gravity administration set delivering 20 drops per mL is used. The order and patient identity have been checked with a second nurse. At which one of the following rates should the nurse set the infusion?
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