diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bde36e530..a4da42080 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 node_modules
 .DS_Store
-.vscode
-**/.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
+.vscode/
+**/.DS_Store
diff --git a/Sprint-3/3-dead-code/exercise-1.js b/Sprint-3/3-dead-code/exercise-1.js
index 4d09f15fa..7fd662e7e 100644
--- a/Sprint-3/3-dead-code/exercise-1.js
+++ b/Sprint-3/3-dead-code/exercise-1.js
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 // Find the instances of unreachable and redundant code - remove them!
 // The sayHello function should continue to work for any reasonable input it's given.
 
-let testName = "Jerry";
+
 const greeting = "hello";
 
 function sayHello(greeting, name) {
-  const greetingStr = greeting + ", " + name + "!";
   return `${greeting}, ${name}!`;
-  console.log(greetingStr);
 }
 
-testName = "Aman";
+const testName = "Aman";
 
-const greetingMessage = sayHello(greeting, testName);
+const greetingMessage = sayHello(greeting, testName);  // only needed if want to store variable otherwise can delete
 
 console.log(greetingMessage); // 'hello, Aman!'
diff --git a/Sprint-3/3-dead-code/exercise-2.js b/Sprint-3/3-dead-code/exercise-2.js
index 56d7887c4..b1c2362d3 100644
--- a/Sprint-3/3-dead-code/exercise-2.js
+++ b/Sprint-3/3-dead-code/exercise-2.js
@@ -2,13 +2,8 @@
 // The countAndCapitalisePets function should continue to work for any reasonable input it's given, and you shouldn't modify the pets variable.
 
 const pets = ["parrot", "hamster", "horse", "dog", "hamster", "cat", "hamster"];
-const capitalisedPets = pets.map((pet) => pet.toUpperCase());
 const petsStartingWithH = pets.filter((pet) => pet[0] === "h");
 
-function logPets(petsArr) {
-  petsArr.forEach((pet) => console.log(pet));
-}
-
 function countAndCapitalisePets(petsArr) {
   const petCount = {};