Question

***FAN&MEDAL*** The author most likely chose to call this story “The Cold Equations” because he

believes that space is a freezing wasteland

wants to indicate that the EDS is cold

needs to communicate that math is boring

tries to foreshadow that numbers are heartless

Answer 1

I think it might be A...

Answer 2

@paki

Answer 3

Actually, B

Answer 4

@LunyMoony explanation?

Answer 5

hm ...

Answer 6

This is what wiki summarizes it up to~ "The story takes place entirely aboard an Emergency Dispatch Ship (EDS) headed for the frontier planet Woden with a load of desperately needed medical supplies. The pilot, Barton, discovers a stowaway: an eighteen-year-old girl. By law, all EDS stowaways are to be jettisoned because EDS vessels carry no more fuel than is absolutely necessary to land safely at their destination. The girl, Marilyn, merely wants to see her brother, Gerry, and was not aware of the law. When boarding the EDS, Marilyn saw the "UNAUTHORIZED PERSONNEL KEEP OUT!" sign, but thought she would at most have to pay a fine if she were caught. Barton explains that her presence dooms the mission by exceeding the weight limit, and the subsequent crash would kill both of them and doom the colonists awaiting the medical supplies. After contacting her brother for the last moments of her life, Marilyn willingly walks into the airlock and is ejected into space."