Why didn't I get this SAT Math question right? Help?

rspence
Wed, 29 Aug 2012 23:56:22 +0000

Area = bh/2 where b,h are the base and height. Replacing b with 2b/3 and h with 3h/4, you obtain

Area2 = (2b/3)(3h/4)/2 = bh/4 = (1/2)(Area), answer is 1/2.