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Singular Values & the SVD · Medium problem

Let A=(22−11)A = \begin{pmatrix}2 & 2\\-1 & 1\end{pmatrix} and let A1A_1 be its best rank-one approximation. Find the spectral-norm error ∥A−A1∥2\|A - A_1\|_2. Give your answer in simplest radical form.