A jar contains a blend of a fruit juice and water in the ratio 5 : x. When 1 litre of water is added to 4 litres of the blend the ratio of fruit juice to water becomes 1 : 1. What is the value of x?
Among three numbers, the first is twice the second and thrice the third. If the average of three numbers is 429, then what is the difference between the first and the third number?