The drama club sold 2100 tickets to their last play. student tickets were $5 and adult tickets were $7. they collected $12,950. how many student tickets were sold?

875 student tickets were sold.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

The drama club sold 2100 tickets to their last play.

Student tickets were $5 and adult tickets were $7.

They collected $12,950.

Now, to find the number of student tickets sold.

Let the number student tickets be

And the number adult tickets be

So, the total number of tickets:

Now, the total amount collected:

Putting the value of from above:

Subtracting both sides by 14700 we get:

Dividing both sides by -2 we get:

The number of student tickets = 875.

Therefore, 875 student tickets were sold.