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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def add_tasks(self, value):
 """ Adds tasks to the existing set of tasks of the Stage :argument: set of tasks """

        tasks = self._validate_entities(value)
        self._tasks.update(tasks)
        self._task_count = len(self._tasks)