Are there scalars $a, b,$ and $c$ such that $A.X = B$ has infinite solutions? And such that the system does not have solutions?

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$A$ is a $3x3$ matrix. $X$ is the matrix of the unknowns and is $3$ rows by $1$ column. $B$ is the matrix of the solutions and is $3$ rows by a column. And the determinant of $A$ is non-zero ($Det (A) ≠ 0$).

I did the following:

$A.X = B$ Since $Det (A) ≠ 0$, $A$ is reversible. Then, I multiply on both sides of the equality to the left by the inverse of $A$. We obtain: $A^{-1} .A.X = A^{-1}.B$. Then, $X = A^{-1}$. Now, since the inverse of a matrix is unique then the system has a single solution. Then, there are no scalars $a$, $b$, $c$ such that $A.X = B$ has infinite solutions and neither are such that the system has no solutions. The scalars are the elements that form the matrix of solutions

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You did not explain what these $a,b,c$ really are. But what you're trying to write is correct, excepting that $X=A^{-1}B$, and not $A^{-1}$.

I'm supposing that you've tried to say that $B=[a\,\,b\,\,c]^{t}$. Even that way the system have one, and only one solution, because you're supposing $det(A)\neq0$. Doesn't matter what B is. Further, you can solve the system $AX=B$ in function of $a,b,c$, and find the solution $S$ for whatever you put into matrix $B$.