From d81af5f5b2df7b930d54a4027c5f1fb425abaef2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Taaha54 <tw3taaha@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:55:35 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] added surface area calculation for pyramid

---
 .../java/com/thealgorithms/maths/Area.java    | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/Area.java b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/Area.java
index 7a06fd5e5fa0..01473147a3d5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/Area.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/Area.java
@@ -192,4 +192,23 @@ public static double surfaceAreaCone(final double radius, final double height) {
         }
         return Math.PI * radius * (radius + Math.pow(height * height + radius * radius, 0.5));
     }
+
+    /**
+* 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;
+}
 }