finding the values of a such that the system $AB\cdot x=0$ has infinitely many solutions

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the following matrix are given: $$A= \begin{bmatrix} a & 1 & 1 \\ a & a & 2 \\ a & a & a \\ \end{bmatrix} $$ $$B= \begin{bmatrix} a-3 & 1 & 1 \\ a-3 & a-3 & 2 \\ a-3 & a-3 & a-3 \\ \end{bmatrix} $$ find the values of a such that the system $AB\cdot x=0$ has infinitely many solutions. $$$$I know that a matix has infinitely many solutions $\iff det(AB)=0$, so this is what I did : $$A'= \begin{bmatrix} a & 1 & 1 \\ 0 & a-1 & 2 \\ 0 & 0 & a-2 \\ \end{bmatrix} $$ and $det(A) =0$ if $a\cdot(a-1)\cdot(a-2)=0$ , so if $a=0,1,2.$ A has infinitely many solutions. $$B= \begin{bmatrix} a-3 & 1 & 1 \\ 0 & a-4 & 2 \\ 0 & 0 & a-5 \\ \end{bmatrix} $$ and $det(B) =0$ if $(a-3)\cdot(a-4)\cdot(a-5)=0$ , so if $a=3,4,5.$ B has infinitely many solutions. $$$$So $AB\cdot x=0$ , if $a=0,1,2,3,4,5$, BUT the textbook answer is $a=1,2,3$. What am I doing wrong?

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Your answer is right (I checked it) and therefore your textbook is wrong.