Finding a two-by-two matrix such that...

I need to find a matrix which would solve for the following: $$\begin{bmatrix}4 & 7\\4 & 2 \end{bmatrix} * \begin{bmatrix}- & -\\- &- \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix}1 & 0\\0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$$


I tried using the inverse which gave me $ \begin{bmatrix}\frac{2}{-20} & \frac{-7}{-20}\\\frac{-4}{-20} & \frac{4}{-20} \end{bmatrix} $


Also attempted making $\Bigg [\begin{matrix}4 & 7\\4 & 2 \end{matrix}\Bigg | \begin{matrix}1 & 0\\0 & 1 \end{matrix}\Bigg ]$


which gave me the following: $\Bigg [\begin{matrix}1 & 0\\0 & 1 \end{matrix}\Bigg | \begin{matrix}\frac17 & 0\\\frac1{20} & \frac1{-5} \end{matrix}\Bigg ]$


I am guessing I did something wrong at some step but Cannot seem to figure out where!






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