Is this method for proving a result about three matrices valid?

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Let $A,B,C \in M_{3 \times 3}(\mathbb{R})$ be fixed and let $x,y,z \in M_{3 \times 1}(\mathbb{R})$ be any three column vectors. Consider the matrix equation given by:

$Ax + By + Cz = 0_{3 \times 1}$

Suppose that I would like to prove some result involving $A$, $B$, and $C$ given the above equation. Would it be enough to prove the result separately in the following cases?

Case 1: $Ax=0_{3 \times 1}$, $By=0_{3 \times 1}$, and $Cz=0_{3 \times 1}$.

Case 2: $By+Cz=0_{3 \times 1}$.

Case 3: $Ax+Cz=0_{3 \times 1}$.

Case 4: $Ax+By=0_{3 \times 1}$.

Case 5: $By+Cz\neq0_{3 \times 1}$.

Case 6: $Ax+Cz\neq0_{3 \times 1}$.

Case 7: $Ax+By\neq0_{3 \times 1}$.