Question 1186150
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            The problem is easy to solve,  but its formulation is  INCOMPLETE.


            To be complete,  it must say that all  36 tasks are of the same level of complexity and the team works at the same rate on each.


            I will solve it under these assumptions.



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36 programs will take  9 times as much of <U>programming time</U>  as that of  4 programs, i.e. 9*4 = 36 hours.


Each of completed 36 programs goes with the additional 15-minute break, so it adds  {{{36*(1/4)}}} = 9  hours total breaking time.


Now we add 36 hours of programming time and 9 hours of breaking time, and we get the  <U>ANSWER</U>  of  36 + 9 = 45 hours, in total.
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Solved.