No it won't. It'll vary inversely as the square of the separation.
The most exact answer is 78.4J also in this kind of options we can say answer "d"
As per above given data
initial velocity = 19.3 km/s
final velocity = - 18.8 km/s
now in order to find the change in velocity




Part b)
Now we need to find acceleration
acceleration is given by formula

given that


now the acceleration is given as


so above is the acceleration
By Boyle's law the volume of the sample decreases, provided temperature is constant.