IMC 2020 Problem 2

$A, B$ are $n \times n$ matrices such that $\text{rank}(AB-BA+I) = 1.$ Prove that $\text{tr}(ABAB)-\text{tr}(A^2 B^2) = \frac{1}{2}n(n-1).$

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