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= Solution

Let $P_G$ project onto the good subspace and write
$$
|\psi\rangle=\sin\theta|\psi_G\rangle
+\cos\theta|\psi_B\rangle.
$$
The <amplitude amplification theorem> says that alternating the reflection $I-2P_G$ with the reflection $2|\psi\rangle\langle\psi|-I$ rotates this two-dimensional plane by $2\theta$. After $j$ amplification iterations the good probability is
$$
\boxed{\sin^2((2j+1)\theta)}.
$$

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