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I will assume that you meant 6x^2 - 7x - 3.

So you factor this out as follows:

List all factors of 6 and 3:
6: 1 and 6, 2 and 3
-3: 1 and -3, -1 and 3

Now which pair of factors in both 6's factor group and of 3's factor group will combine together to give you -7?
Like this:

3 x -3 = -9      (here i take factors 2 & 3 from 6 and 1 & -3    
2 x 1 = 2          from 3 and I find a combination so that the 
so -9 + 2 = -7  sum or difference of the products produce
                       -7)

Now we can do the factoring:
(3x + 1)(2x - 3)

To prove that this is the correct factored form check it:
3x * 2x = 6x^2
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3x * -3 = -9x

1   * 2x = 2x so -9x + 2x = -7x
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1 * -3 = -3

so you're back to the equation 6x^2 - 7x - 3

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