Calculate the surface area of a right rectangular prism. Each edge length is 15 ft.

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The surface area of a right rectangular prism can be calculated by finding the sum of the areas of all of its faces.

For a right rectangular prism, there are six faces: two congruent rectangles on the top and bottom, and four congruent rectangles on the sides.

The area of each rectangle is calculated by multiplying its length (l), width (w), and 2 (since there are two identical rectangles for each face).

Given that each edge length is 15 ft, the length (l) = 15 ft, width (w) = 15 ft, and 2 (since there are two rectangles on each face),
the area of each rectangle is: 15 ft * 15 ft * 2 = 450 ft^2.

Since we have six faces, the total surface area is 6 * 450 ft^2 = 2700 ft^2.

Therefore, the surface area of the right rectangular prism is 2700 ft^2.