How to intuitively explain how a qubit actually computes?
Hello, I’m a beginner in the field of Quantum Computing, and recently a friend asked me a question that completely stumped me.
I was trying to explain the working of quantum computers to my friend where I said that quantum computers use qubits instead of bits for computation....even though I am a beginner in this field but I tried my best to explain him about the quantum computers, then he asked one question which was:
How actually a qubit is used for computation?
I had an answer but I couldn't explain him, so I just gave a vague answer by saying "Qubit uses principal of Quantum Mechanics for computation". Since he is not from Quantum Mechanics background or similar field he accepted whatever I said but this question made me re-think of my current progress.
So my question to the community is:
How a qubit actually processes any information for computation?