I would appreciate it if anyone could tell me if what I am doing is correct The question is:
Which is greater $1$ or $|x|$ if $x^2+2y^2=2$ and $y=\frac{1}{2} $
Here is what I go after simplifying $x = \pm \sqrt{\frac{3}{2}}$ = $\pm1.2250$
Thus $|x|=1.2250$ which is greater than $1$.
However the text says that $1$ is greater than $|x|$ , should I consider that a misprint ?