The convection heat transfer induced by a stretching flat plate has been studied. Similarity conditions are obtained for the boundary layer equations for a flat plate subjected to a power law temperature and velocity variations. It is found that a similarity solution exists only for a linearly stretching plate and only when the plate is isothermal. The analysis shows that three parameters control the flow and heat transfer characteristics of the problem. These parameters are the velocity slip parameter $K1$, the temperature slip parameter $K2$, and the Prandtl number. The effect of these parameters on the flow and heat transfer of the problem has been studied and presented. It is found that the slip velocity parameter affect both the flow and heat transfer characteristics of the problem. It is found that the skin friction coefficient decreases with increasing $K1$ and most of the changes in the skin friction takes place in the range $0. A correlation between the skin friction coefficient and $K1$ and $Rex$ has been found and presented. It is found that $cf=23Rex−0.5(K1+0.64)−0.884$ for $0 with an error of ±0.8%. Other correlations between Nu and $K1$ and $K2$ has been found and presented in Eq. 28.

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