Here we can use Hooke's Law to find out the force applied on the system. Hooke's Law states that when a spring is stretched by some force, the force applied is directly proportional to the displacement of spring. The formula is given as:
F = kL
Now, the Newton's Second Law of motion states that whenever an unbalanced force is applied to a body it produces an acceleration in the body, in its own direction. So, the force is given by the formula:
The capacitor should be connected in parallel as parallel connection gives the arithmetic sum of capacitance which will give a corresponding sum of energy while capacitors in series gives the sum of the reciprocal if the individual capacitance