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= Solution

Immediately before the final Hadamard, the state is
$$
\frac1{\sqrt2}\left(|0\rangle|\psi\rangle-i|1\rangle U|\psi\rangle\right).
$$
The outcome-one component after that Hadamard is $(|\psi\rangle+iU|\psi\rangle)/2$. Thus, with $z=\langle\psi|U|\psi\rangle$,
$$
\boxed{p(1)=\frac14\lVert|\psi\rangle+iU|\psi\rangle\rVert^2
=\frac12(1-\operatorname{Im}z).}
$$

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