diff --git a/lib/array_equals.rb b/lib/array_equals.rb
index 58e8369..bb932aa 100644
--- a/lib/array_equals.rb
+++ b/lib/array_equals.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # 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
+  return true if array1 == nil && array2 == nil
+  return false if !array1 or !array2
+  return true if array1 == [] && array2 == []
+  return false if array1.length != array2.length
+
+  array1.length.times do |index|
+    return array1[index] != array2[index] ? false : true
+  end
+end
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