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Now suppose you want to do another online search. This time you want to find out about opportunities for going on a trip on horseback through the wilderness. You could use the AOL NetFind Kids Only search engine. Which of the following groups of search terms would result in the most effective search? Click your answer.

1. horseback camping trip
2. horseback AND camping AND trip
3. horseback AND riding

This is not the best answer. Without the special search term AND, your search will result in a long list of websites -- all those containing the word horseback, all those containing the word camping, and all those containing the word trip.

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Excellent! This is the best answer. Your search results will include only websites that contain the word horseback, the word camping, and the word trip.

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This is not the best answer. Your search terms are too general. Your results will include documents about all kinds of horseback riding not just camping trips on horseback.

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