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A qubit is in the state
(
∣
0
⟩
+
∣
1
⟩
)
/
2
(|0\rangle + |1\rangle)/\sqrt{2}
(
∣0
⟩
+
∣1
⟩)
/
2
. Which statement describes it best?
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It is rapidly oscillating back and forth between
∣
0
⟩
|0\rangle
∣0
⟩
and
∣
1
⟩
|1\rangle
∣1
⟩
.
It is secretly already 0 or 1; we simply don't know which until we look.
It is in a single quantum state — a superposition of
∣
0
⟩
|0\rangle
∣0
⟩
and
∣
1
⟩
|1\rangle
∣1
⟩
— and a measurement yields 0 or 1, each with probability 1/2.
It is physically in both
∣
0
⟩
|0\rangle
∣0
⟩
and
∣
1
⟩
|1\rangle
∣1
⟩
at the same time, like two parallel objects.
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