Step-by-step explanation:
The energy stored in a capacitor is given by

In the case of a parallel plate capacitor, the capacitance C is given by

so we can rewrite the expression for the energy as

Increasing the charge from
means that you're tripling the charge. The same thing is true when you increase the distance from 1.8 mm to 5.4 mm, i.e., you triple the separation distance. So the new energy U' is given by




As we can see, tripling both the charge and the separation distance result in the 27-fold increase in its stored energy U.