Solution

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The negative drift moves the outflow boundary layer to . The first-order outer equation is . It must satisfy the left boundary condition, giving . This tends to two at the right endpoint.
Use . The leading inner equation is , and impose and on matching. Thus , and a leading uniform asymptotic approximation is
For higher accuracy, expand the drift as in the inner equation, solve the successive inhomogeneous equations, and match to outer corrections satisfying zero left endpoint data. There is no need for a left endpoint layer. Choosing the growing exponential at the wrong endpoint would prevent matching and is the reason the layer location matters.

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