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The row operation that forms the elementary matrix must be of the form of replacing a row by itself added to the multiple of another row, and this can't be done.

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It is not a typo.

Use the third row to eliminate the $(2,1)$ entry. $R_2-R_3$ rather than focusing on the first two rows.