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This circuit prepares qubit 0 in some state. What expectation value ⟨X⟩ does it have along the Bloch X-axis?
⚛ The apparatus
const c = circuit(3);
c.h(0);
c.cx(0, 1);
c.cx(0, 2); // encode |+_L>
c.x(1);     // injected bit-flip error on qubit 1
// Decode: run the encoder backwards (CNOT is its own inverse).
c.cx(0, 1);
c.cx(0, 2);
// Coherent majority correction: flip qubit 0 iff both partners say "1".
c.ccx(2, 1, 0);
return c;

Commit your prediction for ⟨X⟩ of qubit 0 — then run it.