FACTOR 2

-2X -3X-1

The two above is the second power. Please show work

Does the exponent 2 go with the -2x term? If so, it is better to write

-2x^2 -3x -1
How about (+x+1)(-2x-1) ?

I got that by trying various combinations of the + and - signs, knowing that both the constant terms had to be 1's and the coefficients of the x's had to be a 1 and 2.