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Predict whether carbon dioxide or water would have a higher boiling point. Explain your prediction in terms of the attractions between molecules.

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since ionic bonds, bonds that are charged, have very high boiling points, then the water would have a higher boiling point because it has a slight charge whereas carbon dioxide is stable.

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