diff --git a/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/arrayutility/ArrayUtility.java b/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/arrayutility/ArrayUtility.java
index ca32e28..a1a3a67 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/arrayutility/ArrayUtility.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/arrayutility/ArrayUtility.java
@@ -1,7 +1,47 @@
 package com.zipcodewilmington.arrayutility;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Array;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+
 /**
  * Created by leon on 3/6/18.
  */
-public class ArrayUtility {
+public class ArrayUtility<E> {
+    E[] array;
+    public ArrayUtility(E[] array){
+        this.array = array;
+    }
+//is it posssible to do this better without an unchecked cast?
+    //maybe doing my own array conversion method?
+    public E[] removeValue(E valueToRemove) {
+        return Arrays
+                .stream(this.array)
+                .filter(q-> !q.equals(valueToRemove))
+                .toArray(q ->  Arrays.copyOf(this.array,
+                                this.array.length - getNumberOfOccurrences(valueToRemove)));
+    }
+
+    public Integer countDuplicatesInMerge(E[] arrayToMerge, E valueToEvaluate) {
+        return Math
+                .toIntExact(Arrays
+                        .stream(arrayToMerge)
+                        .filter(q-> q.equals(valueToEvaluate))
+                        .count() + getNumberOfOccurrences(valueToEvaluate));
+    }
+
+    public Integer getNumberOfOccurrences(E valueToEvaluate) {
+        return Math
+                .toIntExact(Arrays
+                        .stream(this.array)
+                        .filter(q-> q.equals(valueToEvaluate))
+                        .count());
+    }
+
+    public E getMostCommonFromMerge(E[] arrayToMerge) {
+        return Arrays
+                .stream(arrayToMerge)
+                .max(Comparator.comparing(this::getNumberOfOccurrences))
+                .orElse(null);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/zipcodewilmington/arrayutility/RemoveValueTest.java b/src/test/java/com/zipcodewilmington/arrayutility/RemoveValueTest.java
index d464896..1b82da0 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/zipcodewilmington/arrayutility/RemoveValueTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/zipcodewilmington/arrayutility/RemoveValueTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package com.zipcodewilmington.arrayutility;
 
-import com.zipcodewilmington.UnitTestingUtils;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 /**