Tara's player for cds the length of the cds are 45 minutes 52 minutes 38 minutes and 47 minutes if it takes her 2 minutes to change each cd how long will it take to play all four cds

To determine the amount of time she will need to play all the cd's, we add up the time in minutes.
                          45 minutes + 52 minutes + 38 minutes + 47 minutes
which is equal to 182 minutes. Then, Tara needs to shift from one cd to another for 3 times and this will take her a total of 6 minutes. Thus, the total number of minutes she will need in order to play all four cds is 188 minutes.