Dimension of isotropy group in homogenous space

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Just sincerely ask a fundamental problem as the following:

We know

  1. $G = GL(2,\mathbb{R})$ is a transitive group of dimension $4$.
  2. The vector space $GL(2,\mathbb{R})$ acting on is $X=\mathbb{R}^2$, which is homogenous space.
  3. Since $G$ is a transitive group, $X$ is isomorphic to $G/G_x$, where $G_x$ is an isotropy group. So $\dim G/G_x=\dim X = 2$
  4. $\dim G/G_x = \dim G-\dim G_x\Rightarrow 2 = 4-\dim G_x$.
  5. So I get $\dim G_x = 2$.

Am I correct? Or is there any step wrong?

Thanks