x+2y=3⇒x+2y−3=0… (i)
And, 5x+ky+7=0… (ii)
These equations are of the following form:
a1x+b1y+c1=0,a2x+b2y+c2=0
where, a1=1,b1=2,c1=−3 and a2=5,b2=k,c2=7
(i) For a unique solution, we must have:
∴
Thus for all real values of k other than 10 , the given system of equations will have a unique solution.
(ii) In order that the given system of equations has no solution, we must have:
\begin{aligned}
&\frac{a_{1}}{a_{2}}=\frac{b_{1}}{b_{2}} \neq \frac{c_{1}}{c_{2}} \\
&\Rightarrow \frac{1}{5} \neq \frac{2}{k} \neq \frac{-3}{7} \\
&\Rightarrow \frac{1}{5} \neq \frac{2}{k} \text { and } \frac{2}{k} \neq \frac{-3}{7} \\
&\Rightarrow \mathrm{k}=10, \mathrm{k} \neq \frac{14}{-3}
\end{aligned}
Hence, the required value of k is 10 .
There is no value of k for which the given system of equations has an infinite number of solutions.