Expected output (1024 shots, approximate): For the triangle graph, the maximum cut has value 2. There are 6 optimal cuts (any partition into 1 vs 2 nodes): 001, 010, 011, 100, 101, 110 With p=1 and good parameters, QAOA produces these states with higher probability than the non-optimal states (000, 111). Typical output: {'001': ~150, '010': ~150, '011': ~150, '100': ~150, '101': ~150, '110': ~150, '000': ~37, '111': ~37} The 6 optimal states together get ~88% of the probability. The 2 non-optimal states (000 and 111) get ~12%. For this small instance, the expected cut value from QAOA is close to the optimal value of 2.