Sorry, I don't know but I think the correct answer is the first option.
If the object being represented is going both up and to the right.
Lubricants, Magnetic Levitation, and Ball Bearing.
Answer:
2.31J
Explanation:
the energy for a spring system is given by:

where
is the spring constant:
and
is the distance stretched from the equilibrium position.
In the first case 
so the energy to stretch the spring 1.81cm is:

and for the second case, the energy to stretch the spring 5.79cm:


so to answer a) we must find the difference between these energies:

Answer: 4.5 V
Explanation:
Given
The voltage of each cell is 1.5 V
If they are connected end to end their potential added to give a higher potential i.e. 1.5+1.5+1.5=4.5 V