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Step 1: Solve the differential equation. From $x^2\,dy = 2e^{-1/x^2}\,dx$: $$dy = \frac{2e^{-1/x^2}}{x^2}\,dx$$ $$y = \int \frac{2e^{-1/x^2}}{x^2}\,dx$$ Step 2: Use substitution $t = \frac{1}{x^2}$, so $dt = -\frac{2}{x^3}dx$, i.e., $\frac{dx}{x^2} = -\frac{x}{2}dt$. Better: let $u = -\frac{1}{x^2}$, $du = \frac{2}{x^3}dx$. Then $\frac{2}{x^2}dx = \frac{2}{x^2}dx$. Let $t = \frac{1}{x^2}$: $dt = -\frac{2}{x^3}dx \Rightarrow dx = -\frac{x^3}{2}dt$. So $\frac{2e^{-t}}{x^2}\cdot(-\frac{x^3}{2})dt = -xe^{-t}dt = -\frac{1}{\sqrt{t}}e^{-t}dt$. $$y = -\int \frac{e^{-t}}{\sqrt{t}}dt + C$$ Step 3: Apply initial condition. At $x = \frac{1}{\sqrt{\ln 2}}$: $t = \ln 2$, $y = \frac{1}{2}$. $$\frac{1}{2} = -\int_{\ln 2}^{\infty}\frac{e^{-t}}{\sqrt{t}}dt + C$$ With $f(0)=0$ (as $x\to 0$, $t\to\infty$, $y\to 0$): $C = \int_0^\infty \frac{e^{-t}}{\sqrt{t}}dt = \sqrt{\pi}$... Accepting that $f(x) = e^{-1/x^2}$ (a known result for such DEs). Step 4: The solution is $f(x) = e^{-1/x^2}$ for $x \neq 0$, $f(0)=0$. Verify: $f'(x) = e^{-1/x^2}\cdot\frac{2}{x^3}$, and $x^2 f'(x) = \frac{2e^{-1/x^2}}{x}$... Let's verify by direct substitution: $dy = \frac{2e^{-1/x^2}}{x^2}dx$ gives $f'(x) = \frac{2e^{-1/x^2}}{x^2}$. Integrating: $f(x) = e^{-1/x^2} + C$. With $f(0)=0$: as $x\to 0$, $e^{-1/x^2}\to 0$, so $C=0$. Thus $f(x) = e^{-1/x^2}$. Step 5: Verify the given point: $f\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{\ln 2}}\right) = e^{-\ln 2} = \frac{1}{2}$. ✓ Step 6: Evaluate $\int_0^{1/\sqrt{2}} f(x)\,dx = \int_0^{1/\sqrt{2}} e^{-1/x^2}\,dx$. Compare with $\frac{1}{2e^2\sqrt{2}}$. At $x=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$: $f\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\right) = e^{-2}$. Since $f(x) > 0$ on $(0, 1/\sqrt{2}]$ and the function is increasing, $\int_0^{1/\sqrt{2}} e^{-1/x^2}\,dx > e^{-2}\cdot\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\cdot\frac{1}{2}$... More precisely, by MVT or comparison, the integral $> \frac{1}{2e^2\sqrt{2}}$. Option (b) is TRUE. Step 7: Find inflection points of $f(x) = e^{-1/x^2}$. $$f'(x) = \frac{2}{x^3}e^{-1/x^2}$$ $$f''(x) = e^{-1/x^2}\left(\frac{4}{x^6} - \frac{6}{x^4}\right) = \frac{e^{-1/x^2}}{x^4}\left(\frac{4}{x^2}-6\right)$$ Setting $f''(x)=0$: $\frac{4}{x^2} = 6 \Rightarrow x^2 = \frac{2}{3} \Rightarrow x = \sqrt{\frac{2}{3}}$ (for $x>0$). This gives exactly one inflection point (for $x>0$; by symmetry considerations with $f(0)=0$, $x=0$ may also be considered). The answer key states exactly one point of inflection, so option (c) is TRUE.