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@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ Referencing elements properly ensures that readers can navigate your book more e
 
 ## 1. Referencing a Chapter or Section
 
-1. Open the Markdown file where you want to add a reference.
-2. Lets start with the simplest way to create a reference to another chapter or section. This is by directly linking it through the file path as shown in the following syntax:
+1. Open a new or existing Markdown file where you want to add a reference.
+2. Let's start with the simplest way to create a reference to another chapter. This is by directly linking it through the file path as shown in the following syntax:
 
 ```md
 [Text to display](path/to/file.md)
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ For example, if you want to link to Exercise 7, you can write:
 ```md
 [Go to Exercise 7](../exercises/007.md)
 ```
-3. Try out another way of referencing by using a target header. Navigate to the chapter or section you want to reference and assign it an identifier using `{ref}` as shown in the example below.
+3. Try out another way of referencing by using a target header. Navigate to the chapter or section you want to reference and assign it an identifier using `{ref}` as shown in the example below. This could be either in the same markdown file, or a different file altogether.
 
 ```md
 (exercise_1)=
@@ -32,13 +32,14 @@ For example, if you want to link to Exercise 7, you can write:
 
 Let's start with the most basic edit: add some text to a file and see that the website is updated...
 ```
-4. Now, lets explore three different ways to reference this section! For the first method, we use the standard title text by calling the identifier as follows:
+4. Now, let's explore three different ways to reference this section or chapter! For the first method, we use the standard title text by calling the identifier as follows:
 
   ```md
   My favourite exercise was {ref}`exercise_1`.
   ```
   This will display: My favourite exercise was {ref}`exercise_1`.
 
+
 5. For the second method, we want to refer to the section using a custom title text. Try this out by placing the text that you want to be displayed within the `` and calling the identifier within the <> as follows:
 
   ```md
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ Let's start with the most basic edit: add some text to a file and see that the w
   ```
   This will display: My favourite exercise was {ref}`the first one <exercise_1>`.
 
+
 6. The final method uses markdown syntax to also display a custom title text. Refer to the desired section once again, this time by putting the custom text within the [] and calling the identifier within the <> as shown below:
 
 
@@ -58,23 +60,32 @@ These three referencing methods can also be used for referencing equations, tabl
 
 ## 2. Referencing an Equation
 
-To reference an equation, you need to define a label when creating the equation and refer to it elsewhere in your text using `{eq}`:
+7. Now we will test our knowledge using an equation. Similar to the code below, create an equation using $$ and identify it using a label within the brackets.
+
+
+  ```md
+
+ $$ F = m \cdot a$$ (eq:Newton)
+
+  ```
+
+This will display as follows:
+
+ $$ F = m \cdot a$$ (eq:Newton)
+
+8. In this step, we will use the three referencing methods discussed above to reference this equation as follows:
+
 
 ```md
-
-    ```{math}
-    :label: eq-example
-    E = mc^2
-    ```
-
-```
-
-You can then reference this equation using:
-
-```md
-Equation {eq}`eq-example`
+Refer to Equation {eq}`eq:Newton`
+Refer to the {eq}'above equation <eq:Newton>'
+Refer to [this equation](eq:Newton)
 ```
+These will display as:
 
+Refer to Equation {eq}`eq:Newton`
+Refer to the {eq}'above equation <eq:Newton>'
+Refer to [this equation](eq:Newton)
 
 
 ## 3. Referencing a Table