IUPAC naming for a sidechain with double bond?

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As shown in this picture.

How would you do the naming for a sidechain that has double bonds?

Or does the double bond take priority over the length of the chain?
 
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  • Skeletal structural formula of a branched alkene: CH2= double bonded to a carbon, then CH2, then a quaternary carbon bearing an ethyl group (CH2-CH3) and two methyl groups (CH3).
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Indeed, DrDu. Chemdraw confirms that it's 3,3-dimethyl-5-methyleneheptane.