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[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

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[OUTPUT]

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[ACTION NAME]

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In a pie eating contest at a school carnival, eight students participate. The bar graph shows the number of pies eaten by each student. Emma ate the most pies, and Sam ate the fewest. Determine how many more pies Emma ate than Sam.

[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)--(1,3)--(2,3)--(2,0)--cycle,grey);
fill((3,0)--(3,4)--(4,4)--(4,0)--cycle,grey);
fill((5,0)--(5,8)--(6,8)--(6,0)--cycle,grey);
fill((7,0)--(7,5)--(8,5)--(8,0)--cycle,grey);
fill((9,0)--(9,6)--(10,6)--(10,0)--cycle,grey);
fill((11,0)--(11,2)--(12,2)--(12,0)--cycle,grey);
fill((13,0)--(13,5)--(14,5)--(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 a Pie Eating Contest",(8.5,9),N);
label(rotate(90)*"$\#$ of Pies Eaten",(-1,4.5),W);
[/asy]

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