diff --git a/CodeHS/6/3/8/Area-of-a-square-with-default-parameters-Travis.py b/CodeHS/6/3/8/Area-of-a-square-with-default-parameters-Travis.py
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+def calculate_area(side_length = 10):
+    print "Side length: " + str(side_length)
+    print "The area of a square with sides of length " + str(side_length) + " is " + str(side_length * side_length)
+
+user_length = int(input("Enter side length: "))
+
+if user_length <= 0:
+    calculate_area()
+else:
+    calculate_area(user_length)