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.