|q⟩ Bad Qubits

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A qubit starts in ∣0⟩|0\rangle and passes through two independent bit-flip channels, each flipping the state with probability p=0.3p = 0.3. It ends in ∣0⟩|0\rangle only if neither or both flips fire: P(0)=(1−p)2+p2P(0) = (1-p)^2 + p^2. What is P(measuring ∣0⟩)P(\text{measuring } |0\rangle) at the end?