diff --git a/cachematrix.R b/cachematrix.R
index a50be65aa44..84b4939c5b4 100644
--- a/cachematrix.R
+++ b/cachematrix.R
@@ -1,15 +1,39 @@
-## Put comments here that give an overall description of what your
-## functions do
+## The funcitons in this file are to be used in conjuction to cache the results
+## of the expensive inverse calculation done on a matrix using solve. By use the makeCacheMatrix
+## method, the special matrixed is cached that is capable of storing the inverse. Using the 
+## cacheSolve method will first check this cache before calculating the inverse of the makeCacheMatrix.
 
-## Write a short comment describing this function
 
+## This is a special matrix that has an additional function used to get an set the inverse
+## of the matrix. The method takes the matrix that you wish to cache the inverse of. 
 makeCacheMatrix <- function(x = matrix()) {
-
+  i <- NULL
+  set <- function(y) {
+    x <<- y
+    i <<- NULL
+  }
+  get <- function() x
+  setinverse <- function(inverse) i <<- inverse
+  getinverse <- function() i
+  list(set = set, get = get,
+       setinverse = setinverse,
+       getinverse = getinverse)
 }
 
 
-## Write a short comment describing this function
-
+## This method accepts a makeCacheMatrix special matrix as a parameter and will return the cached inverse 
+## of the matrix if it exists or will calculate and cache the matrix if it has not yet 
+## been calculated. Any additional parameters passed to this method will be passed to the solve 
+## function when trying to calculate the inverse. 
 cacheSolve <- function(x, ...) {
-        ## Return a matrix that is the inverse of 'x'
+  ## Return a matrix that is the inverse of 'x'
+  i <- x$getinverse()
+  if(!is.null(i)) {
+    message("getting cached data")
+    return(i)
+  }
+  data <- x$get()
+  i <- solve(data, ...)
+  x$setinverse(i)
+  i
 }