Calculating deposit needed You put $$7,000$ in an account earning $3\%.$ After $2$ years, you make another deposit into the same account. Six years later $($that is$,8$ years after your original $$7,000$ deposit$),$ the account balance is $$25,000.$ What was the amount of the deposit at the end of year $2?$

The amount of the deposit at the end of year $2$ is $ $($Round to the nearest cent.$)$