If $A + B$ is nonsingular, so is $(A+c\cdot B)$?

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In this example, $A$ and $B$ are square matrices, and $A+B$ is nonsingular, i.e. $(A+B)x = 0$ has only the trivial solution $x = 0$.

Does this logically imply that $(A+cB)x = 0$ has only the trivial solution also (where $c$ is a non-zero scalar)?

I have proved that if $B$ is nonsingular, then $cB$ must also be nonsingular, as the $c$ scalar can be interpreted as a series of type II EROs which don't affect the linear independence of matrix rows, but I can't see a way to prove the above.

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Counterexample: Let $A=I$, $B=I$, $c = -1$