Decomposing Matrices into Elementary Matrices: A Reverse Approach

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I have a question about elementary matrices,
I have matrix A, and I just found A-1, and then the question wants me to write A-1 as a product of elementary matrices.
Ok, that's easy, but now the question wants me to write A as a product of elementary matrices, how do I go about doing this?
Would it be the same as writing A-1 as a product of elementary matrices but backwards?
 
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lol does that question make sense? or should I describe it better?
 
If A-1=E3E2E1, then A equals the inverse of that; that is A=(E3E2E1)-1=E1-1E2-1E3-1.