We noted that a typical young, healthy human filters about 180 L of fluid per day through all of the glomeruli of the kidneys. Each of our two kidneys contains approximately one million glomeruli. If we ignore the solutes in the filtrate and assume that Radana's kidneys filter 145 L of water per day, how many water molecules filter through each individual glomerulus in her kidneys per day?

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