From 19888cec55f4d4e54c1b916b65466f6300896cae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MaxStroikin <mstroikin11@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:54:44 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] commit

---
 .../java/com/thealgorithms/maths/Area.java    | 22 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/Area.java b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/Area.java
index 7a06fd5e5fa0..5561054bf2c0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/Area.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/Area.java
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+
+
 package com.thealgorithms.maths;
 
 /**
@@ -129,6 +131,26 @@ public static double surfaceAreaParallelogram(final double base, final double he
         return base * height;
     }
 
+/**
+* Calculate the surface area of a pyramid with a square base.
+*
+* @param sideLength side length of the square base
+* @param slantHeight slant height of the pyramid
+* @return surface area of the given pyramid
+*/
+public static double surfaceAreaPyramid(final double sideLength, final double slantHeight) {
+if (sideLength <= 0) {
+throw new IllegalArgumentException("Must be a positive sideLength");
+}
+if (slantHeight <= 0) {
+throw new IllegalArgumentException("Must be a positive slantHeight");
+}
+double baseArea = sideLength * sideLength;
+double lateralSurfaceArea = 2 * sideLength * slantHeight;
+return baseArea + lateralSurfaceArea;
+}
+
+
     /**
      * Calculate the area of a trapezium.
      *