No because there must be an even # if their is an even amount one of the forces isn’t being cancelled
Answer:
The same amount of energy is required to either stretch or compress the spring.
Explanation:
The amount of energy required to stretch or compress a spring is equal to the elastic potential energy stored by the spring:

where
k is the spring constant
is the stretch/compression of the spring
In the first case, the spring is stretched from x=0 to x=d, so

and the amount of energy required is

In the second case, the spring is compressed from x=0 to x=-d, so

and the amount of energy required is

so we see that the amount of energy required is the same.
The answer completely depends on the number that belongs in the space before the word "microfarad".