The surface area of a rectangular prism is increased by a factor of 16. By what factor is the volume of the figure increased?

For a scaled rectangular prism, surface area changes by the square of the linear scale factor. Since 16 = 4², each dimension is multiplied by 4. Volume changes by the cube of that factor, so it increases by 4³ = 64. The correct choice is 64.

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