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Quadrilaterals & Polygons · Medium problem

The diagonals of rectangle ABCDABCD meet at EE. If AE=4x−3AE = 4x-3 and the full diagonal BD=6x+2BD = 6x+2, find xx and the length of diagonal AC‾\overline{AC}. (Diagonals of a rectangle are congruent and bisect each other, so AE=12BDAE = \tfrac12 BD.)