diff --git a/lib/array_equals.rb b/lib/array_equals.rb
index 58e8369..baec8d9 100644
--- a/lib/array_equals.rb
+++ b/lib/array_equals.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # 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
+
+def array_equals(ar1, ar2)
+  if !ar1 && !ar2
+    return true
+  elsif !ar1 || !ar2 || ar1.length != ar2.length
+   return false
+  else
+    ar1.length.times do |i| 
+      if ar1[i] != ar2[i]
+        return false
+      end
+    end
+    return true
+  end
+ end
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