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[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

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...

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Eight students participate in an orange eating contest. The graph shows the number of oranges eaten by each participating student. Emma ate the most oranges and Liam ate the fewest. How many more oranges than Liam did Emma eat?

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

yaxis[i] = (0,i);

draw(yaxis[i]--yaxis[i]+(17,0));
}
draw((0,0)--(0,9));
draw((17,9)--(17,0));

fill((1,0)--(1,5)--(2,5)--(2,0)--cycle,grey);
fill((3,0)--(3,7)--(4,7)--(4,0)--cycle,grey);
fill((5,0)--(5,4)--(6,4)--(6,0)--cycle,grey);
fill((7,0)--(7,3)--(8,3)--(8,0)--cycle,grey);
fill((9,0)--(9,8)--(10,8)--(10,0)--cycle,grey);
fill((11,0)--(11,2)--(12,2)--(12,0)--cycle,grey);
fill((13,0)--(13,6)--(14,6)--(14,0)--cycle,grey);
fill((15,0)--(15,1)--(16,1)--(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("Students/Participants",(8.5,0),S);
label("Results of an Orange Eating Contest",(8.5,9),N);
label(rotate(90)*"$\#$ of Oranges Eaten",(-1,4.5),W);
[/asy]

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