diff --git a/lib/array_equals.rb b/lib/array_equals.rb
index 58e8369..cf1068b 100644
--- a/lib/array_equals.rb
+++ b/lib/array_equals.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 # 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
-end
+  if array1.nil? && array2.nil?
+    return true
+  elsif array1.nil? || array2.nil?
+    return false
+  end 
+  
+  array1.each_with_index do |num, i|
+    unless num == array2[i] 
+      return false 
+    end
+  end
+  
+  if array1.length != array2.length 
+    return false 
+  else 
+    return true
+  end
+end
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