The basic car including options costs $22,000.00 + $625.00 = $22,625.00. The sales tax is $22,625.00 × .06 = $1,357.50. Thus, the total cost of the car is $22,625.00 + $1,357.50 + 40.00 = $24,022.50.
You multiply what's on the outside of the parenthesis by everything on the inside, so you would do 3 times x and 3 times 2. They don't combine because they are like terms.