Solution:
Put f(x)=x(x−2)(3x−7)−2=3x3−13x2+14x−2. Then f(0)=−2, f(1)=2, so there is a root between 0 and 1. f(2)=−2, so there is another root between 1 and 2. f(3)=4, so the third root is between 2 and 3. f(x)=0 has three roots, so they are all real and positive.
We have tan(a+b+c)=1−(tanatanb+tanbtanc+tanctana)tana+tanb+tanc−tanatanbtanc. So putting a=tan−1r, b=tan−1s, c=tan−1t, we have
tan(a+b+c)=1−(rs+st+tr)(r+s+t)−rst=1−14/313/3−2/3=−11/311/3=−1.
So a+b+c=−π/4+kπ. But we know that each of r,s,t is real and positive, so a+b+c lies in the range 0 to 3π/2. Hence a+b+c=3π/4.