From 1c59f7a7ba598b243154c0608544f75dfca0156c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: batouldakroub <116668662+batouldakroub@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 09:53:24 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Update Area.java

---
 .../java/com/thealgorithms/maths/Area.java     | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/Area.java b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/Area.java
index 7a06fd5e5fa0..0e0fa3999e16 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/Area.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/Area.java
@@ -34,6 +34,24 @@ public static double surfaceAreaCube(final double sideLength) {
         }
         return 6 * sideLength * sideLength;
     }
+/**
+* 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 surface area of a sphere.