Radical Rectangles

This challenges covers geometry and algebra.

We have 3 rectangles, X Y and Z. Rectangle X has sides with lengths A and B. Rectangle Y, C and D, and rectangle Z, D and E. Rectangle X has the same perimeter as rectangle Y and the same area as rectangle Z. The total perimeter of the three rectangles is 46 centimetres, and the total area, 39 square centimetres. All sides have integral centimetre lengths. Find the sum A+B+C+D+E.

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