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Seven students participate in an updated apple eating contest. The updated graph shows the number of apples eaten by each participating student. Alice ate the most apples, whereas Zoe ate the fewest. How many more apples than Zoe did Alice eat?

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defaultpen(linewidth(1pt)+fontsize(10pt));
pair[] yaxis = new pair[10]; // Adjusted for more apples
for(int i = 0; i < 10; ++i){
    yaxis[i] = (0,i);
    draw(yaxis[i]--yaxis[i]+(15,0));
}
draw((0,0)--(0,9));
draw((15,9)--(15,0));

fill((1,0)--(1,3)--(2,3)--(2,0)--cycle,grey); // Increased apples
fill((3,0)--(3,4)--(4,4)--(4,0)--cycle,grey);
fill((5,0)--(5,8)--(6,8)--(6,0)--cycle,grey); // Most apples - Alice
fill((7,0)--(7,5)--(8,5)--(8,0)--cycle,grey);
fill((9,0)--(9,4)--(10,4)--(10,0)--cycle,grey);
fill((11,0)--(11,6)--(12,6)--(12,0)--cycle,grey);
fill((13,0)--(13,2)--(14,2)--(14,0)--cycle,grey); // Fewest apples - Zoe
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",(7.5,0),S);
label("Updated Results of an Apple Eating Contest",(7.5,9),N);
label(rotate(90)*"$\#$ of Apples Eaten",(-1,4.5),W);
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