A) The total energy of the system is sum of kinetic energy and elastic potential energy:

where
m is the mass
v is the speed
k is the spring constant
x is the elongation/compression of the spring
The total energy is conserved, so we can calculate its value at any point of the motion. If we take the point of maximum displacement:

then the velocity of the system is zero, so the total energy is just potential energy, and it is equal to

b) When the position of the object is

the potential energy of the system is

and so the kinetic energy is

since the mass is

, and the kinetic energy is given by

we can re-arrange the formula to find the speed of the object:

c) The potential energy when the object is at

is

Therefore the kinetic energy is

d) We already found the potential energy at point c, and it is given by
Force = mass × accelaration
Force = 0.25Kg × 196 m/s²
Force = 49 Newtons
Answer:
10.93m/s with the assumption that the water in the lake is still (the water has a speed of zero)
Explanation:
The velocity of the fish relative to the water when it hits the water surface is equal to the resultant velocity between the fish and the water when it hits it.
The fish drops on the water surface vertically with a vertical velocity v. Nothing was said about the velocity of the water, hence we can safely assume that the velocity if the water in the lake is zero, meaning that it is still. Therefore the relative velocity becomes equal to the velocity v with which the fish strikes the water surface.
We use the first equation of motion for a free-falling body to obtain v as follows;
v = u + gt....................(1)
where g is acceleration due to gravity taken as 9.8m/s/s
It should also be noted that the horizontal and vertical components of the motion are independent of each other, hence we take u = 0 as the fish falls vertically.
To obtain t, we use the second equation of motion as stated;

Given; h = 6.10m.
since u = 0 for the vertical motion; equation (2) can be written as follows;

substituting;

Putting this value of t in equation (1) we obtain the following;
v = 0 + 9.8*1.12
v = 10.93m/s