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The volume of a triangular prism is increased by a factor of 8.

By what factor is the surface area of the figure increased?

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If the volume increases by 8, the linear scale factor is cube root of 8 = 2. Surface area scales with the square of the linear factor, so it increases by 2^2 = 4.

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