Solution

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Choose the stream function convention , , so that this is an incoming stagnation point flow rather than the reversed flow. The velocity field is
At the plate , satisfying the no-penetration boundary condition. The nonzero tangential velocity is permitted for an inviscid flow; the no-slip boundary condition is not imposed on the Euler equations for an inviscid fluid.
The steady convective acceleration is . Thus the Euler equations for an inviscid fluid require
Integrating gives
The printed formula omits from its quadratic term. The source uses physical pressure, not pressure divided by mass density, as is clear from its term and its Navier-Stokes equation. The omitted factor is also required by dimensional analysis. For a concrete substitution check, the printed expression gives rather than the required when in the chosen numerical units.

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