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Two qubits are in the state cos(π/8)00+sin(π/8)11\cos(\pi/8)|00\rangle + \sin(\pi/8)|11\rangle. Tracing out qubit B gives the diagonal reduced density matrix ρA=diag(cos2(π/8),sin2(π/8))\rho_A = \mathrm{diag}(\cos^2(\pi/8), \sin^2(\pi/8)). Compute purity Tr(ρA2)\mathrm{Tr}(\rho_A^2) PLUS Z=Tr(ρAZ)\langle Z\rangle = \mathrm{Tr}(\rho_A Z), where Z=diag(1,1)Z = \mathrm{diag}(1, -1). What is the sum?