Let be "x" Jon's current salary.
According to the information given in the exercise, the salary at the new job is 68,000 and this is 12% more than his salary at his current job.
To convert from percent to a Decimal number, you can divide by 100. Then:
[tex]\frac{12}{100}=0.12[/tex]Therefore, knowing that information, you can set up the following equation:
[tex]x+0.12x=68,000[/tex]Now you can solve for "x" in order to find its value:
[tex]\begin{gathered} 1.12x=68,000 \\ \\ x=\frac{68,000}{1.12} \\ \\ x\approx60,714.29 \end{gathered}[/tex]The answer is:
[tex]60,714.29[/tex]