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Eight students participate in an apple eating contest. The graph shows the number of apples eaten by each participating student. Aaron ate the most apples and Zeb ate the fewest. How many more apples than Zeb did Aaron eat?

[asy]
defaultpen(linewidth(1pt)+fontsize(10pt));
pair[] yaxis = new pair[11];
for( int i = 0 ; i < 11 ; ++i ){

yaxis[i] = (0,i);

draw(yaxis[i]--yaxis[i]+(16,0));
}
draw((0,0)--(0,10));
draw((16,10)--(16,0));

fill((1,0)--(1,4)--(2,4)--(2,0)--cycle,grey);
fill((3,0)--(3,5)--(4,5)--(4,0)--cycle,grey);
fill((5,0)--(5,10)--(6,10)--(6,0)--cycle,grey);  // Aaron ate the most
fill((7,0)--(7,7)--(8,7)--(8,0)--cycle,grey);
fill((9,0)--(9,6)--(10,6)--(10,0)--cycle,grey);
fill((11,0)--(11,3)--(12,3)--(12,0)--cycle,grey);
fill((13,0)--(13,2)--(14,2)--(14,0)--cycle,grey);  // Zeb ate the fewest
fill((15,0)--(15,8)--(16,8)--(16,0)--cycle,grey);
label("0",yaxis[0],W);
label("1",yaxis[1],W);
label("2",yaxis[2],W);
label("3",yaxis[3],W);
label("4",yaxis[4],W);
label("5",yaxis[5],W);
label("6",yaxis[6],W);
label("7",yaxis[7],W);
label("8",yaxis[8],W);
label("9",yaxis[9],W);
label("10",yaxis[10],W);
label("Students/Participants",(8,0),S);
label("Results of an Apple Eating Contest",(8,10),N);
label(rotate(90)*"$\#$ of Apples Eaten",(-1,5),W);
[/asy]

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