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The boiling points of some compounds of hydrogen with some elements in groups 4 and 6 of the periodic table are given below.

a) Which of the compounds CH_4 and SiH_4 has stronger intermolecular forces?
b) Explain why the boiling points of H_2O and H_2S show different trends from that of CH_4 and SiH_4