Potential energy at top:
PE = mgh
PE = 40 x 9.81 x 12
P.E = 4,708.8 J
Kinetic energy at bottom:
KE = 1/2 mv²
KE = 1/2 x 40 x 10²
K.E = 2,000 J
P.E = K.E + Frictional losses
Frictional losses = 4708 - 2000
Frictional losses = 2708 J
The answer is D.
Well, for one thing, it could depend on which fruit is dropped first. You haven't mentioned that.
If they're both dropped at exactly the same time, then the melon at 32m hits the ground first.
It has nothing to do with their masses or weights. It's only a matter of which one has farther to fall. Even if it were a school-bus at 96m instead of a pomegranate, anything dropped from less than 96m would reach the ground in less time than the school-bus.
Refer to the attached figure. Xp may not be between the particles but the reasoning is the same nonetheless.
At xp the electric field is the sum of both electric fields, remember that at a coordinate x for a particle placed at x' we have the electric field of a point charge (all of this on the x-axis of course):

Now At xp we have:


Which is a second order equation, using the quadratic formula to solve for xp would give us:

or

Plug the relevant values to get both answers.
Now, let's comment on which of those answers is the right answer. It happens that
BOTH are correct. This is simply explained by considring the following.
Let's place a possitive test charge on the system This charge feels a repulsive force due to q1 but an attractive force due to q2, if we place the charge somewhere to the left of q2 the attractive force of q2 will cancel the repulsive force of q1, this translates to a zero electric field at this x coordinate. The same could happen if we place the test charge at some point to the right of q1, hence we can have two possible locations in which the electric field is zero. The second image shows two possible locations for xp.