 Solution (source code)

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= Solution

Across the two vertical faces of a control rectangle, the mass fluxes are
$$
\rho u(y,t)\,\delta y
$$
with opposite signs, since $u$ is independent of $x$. There is no flux across the horizontal faces because the $y$-velocity is zero. The net mass flux is therefore zero, equivalently
$$
\boxed{\nabla\cdot u=\frac{\partial u}{\partial x}=0.}
$$

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