diff --git a/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/arrayutility/ArrayUtility.java b/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/arrayutility/ArrayUtility.java
index ca32e28..e75758b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/arrayutility/ArrayUtility.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/arrayutility/ArrayUtility.java
@@ -1,7 +1,74 @@
 package com.zipcodewilmington.arrayutility;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
 /**
  * Created by leon on 3/6/18.
  */
-public class ArrayUtility {
+public class ArrayUtility<E> {
+    E[] inputArray;
+
+    public ArrayUtility(E[] inputArray){
+        this.inputArray=inputArray;
+    }
+
+    public Integer getNumberOfOccurrences(E valueToEvaluate){
+        int count =0;
+        for (E element:inputArray
+             ) {
+            if(element==valueToEvaluate) {
+                count++;
+            }
+        }
+        return count;
+            }
+
+public E[] removeValue(E valueToRemove) {
+        int numberOfOccurrence = getNumberOfOccurrences(valueToRemove);
+    E[] newArray = Arrays.copyOf(inputArray, inputArray.length - numberOfOccurrence);
+    int j = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < inputArray.length; i++) {
+        if (inputArray[i] != valueToRemove) {
+            newArray[j] = inputArray[i];
+            j++;
+        }
+
+    }
+    return newArray;
+}
+
+public Integer countDuplicatesInMerge(E[] arrayToMerge,E valueToEvaluate){
+int count=0;
+int count1=0;
+for(E element:arrayToMerge){
+    if(element ==valueToEvaluate){
+        count+=1;
+    }
+}
+for(E elements:inputArray){
+    if(elements==valueToEvaluate){
+        count1+=1;
+    }
+}
+return count+count1;
+}
+
+public E getMostCommonFromMerge(E[] arrayToMerge){
+    List<E> input= new ArrayList<E>(Arrays.asList(inputArray));
+   // List<E> merge= new ArrayList<E>(Arrays.asList(arrayToMerge));
+    input.addAll(Arrays.asList(arrayToMerge));
+    E mostCommon=null;
+    int count=0;
+    for (E element:input
+         ) {
+        if(getNumberOfOccurrences(element)>count){
+            mostCommon=element;
+            count=getNumberOfOccurrences(element);
+    }
+            }
+    return mostCommon;
+        }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/zipcodewilmington/arrayutility/RemoveValueTest.java b/src/test/java/com/zipcodewilmington/arrayutility/RemoveValueTest.java
index d464896..446b71c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/zipcodewilmington/arrayutility/RemoveValueTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/zipcodewilmington/arrayutility/RemoveValueTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package com.zipcodewilmington.arrayutility;
 
-import com.zipcodewilmington.UnitTestingUtils;
+//import com.zipcodewilmington.UnitTestingUtils;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 /**