Solution:
Given:
[tex]\begin{gathered} Principal,P=\text{ \$}17,000 \\ Interest,I=\text{ \$}2,000 \end{gathered}[/tex]Let the principal invested at 8% rate be x
Let the principal invested at 16% rate be y
[tex]\begin{gathered} Thus\text{ total principal gotten is:} \\ P=x+y \\ x+y=17000.....................(1) \end{gathered}[/tex]Hence, using the simple interest formula;
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