diff --git a/lib/array_equals.rb b/lib/array_equals.rb
index 58e8369..5c5a702 100644
--- a/lib/array_equals.rb
+++ b/lib/array_equals.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,29 @@
 # Determines if the two input arrays have the same count of elements
 # and the same integer values in the same exact order
+# Author a method named array_equals that accepts two integer arrays as input parameters.
+#The method should return true if the arrays contain the same count of elements, 
+#the element values in the array are the same 
+#and they are in the same exact order. Otherwise, the method should return false.
+
+array1 = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60]
+array2 = [10, 20, 30, 41, 50, 60]
+
+
 def array_equals(array1, array2)
-  raise NotImplementedError
+  
+  if array1 == nil || array2 == nil
+    return array1 == array2
+  end 
+
+  if array1.length == array2.length    
+    array1.each_with_index do |element, index|
+      if array1[index] != array2[index]
+        return false   
+      end 
+    end
+    return true
+  end
+  return false
 end
+
+puts array_equals(array1, array2)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/array_equals_test.rb b/test/array_equals_test.rb
index f745cf7..598475a 100644
--- a/test/array_equals_test.rb
+++ b/test/array_equals_test.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 require 'minitest/reporters'
 require_relative '../lib/array_equals'
 
+Minitest::Reporters.use!
+Minitest::Reporters::SpecReporter.new
+
 describe "array equals" do
   describe "basic tests" do
     it "arrays are equal" do