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Name the points $A(5,3)$, $B(6,8)$, $C(7,4)$, and $D(x,y)$ and sketch the first three. We find that there are three possible locations for $D$ (see figure). Only the one to the right has an $x$-coordinate greater than 7. Since $AC$ is parallel to $BD$ and equal in length to it, $D$ is two units to the right and one unit up from $B$, just as $C$ is two units to the right and one unit up from $A$. Therefore, the coordinates of $D$ are $(8,9)$, and $x+y=8+9=\boxed{17}$.