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10.The dimensions of a pentagonal prism are quadrupled. How will the changes to the prism’s dimensions affect the surface area of the prism?

surface area will remain the same
increase by a factor of 64
increase by a factor of 4
increase by a factor of 16

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it’s the thrid one for the answer
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it would increase by a factor of 16.

the scale factor is squared when finding the surface area after a dilation, and cubed when finding the volume of a dilation
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