Solution

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The Gaussian integral gives . Thus the normalized ground state is, up to an overall phase,
Its probability density is even in each shifted coordinate, so all three expectations vanish by oddness. Therefore
The mean position is the minimum of the displaced potential, rather than the original coordinate origin.

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