diff --git a/lib/array_equals.rb b/lib/array_equals.rb
index 58e8369..62bc173 100644
--- a/lib/array_equals.rb
+++ b/lib/array_equals.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 # Determines if the two input arrays have the same count of elements
 # and the same integer values in the same exact order
+
 def array_equals(array1, array2)
-  raise NotImplementedError
+  
+  if (array1 == array2)
+    return true
+  elsif (array1 == nil || array2 == nil) 
+    return false
+  end 
+  
+  if (array1.length != array2.length)
+    return false
+  end
+  
+  array1.each_with_index do |number, i|
+    if array1[i] != array2[i]
+      return false
+    end 
+    return true
+  end
 end