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[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

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Eight students participate in an apple eating contest. The graph depicts the number of apples each student ate. Aaron ate more apples than any other participant, and Zeb ate the least. However, this year the range was from 2 to 12 apples. Determine how many more apples Aaron ate compared to Zeb.

[asy]
defaultpen(linewidth(1pt)+fontsize(10pt));
pair[] yaxis = new pair[14];
for( int i = 0 ; i < 14 ; ++i ){
yaxis[i] = (0,i);
draw(yaxis[i]--yaxis[i]+(17,0));
}
draw((0,0)--(0,13));
draw((17,13)--(17,0));

fill((1,0)--(1,12)--(2,12)--(2,0)--cycle,grey);
fill((3,0)--(3,8)--(4,8)--(4,0)--cycle,grey);
fill((5,0)--(5,11)--(6,11)--(6,0)--cycle,grey);
fill((7,0)--(7,10)--(8,10)--(8,0)--cycle,grey);
fill((9,0)--(9,7)--(10,7)--(10,0)--cycle,grey);
fill((11,0)--(11,2)--(12,2)--(12,0)--cycle,grey);
fill((13,0)--(13,8)--(14,8)--(14,0)--cycle,grey);
fill((15,0)--(15,3)--(16,3)--(16,0)--cycle,grey);
label("0",yaxis[0],W);
label("2",yaxis[2],W);
label("4",yaxis[4],W);
label("6",yaxis[6],W);
label("8",yaxis[8],W);
label("10",yaxis[10],W);
label("12",yaxis[12],W);
label("Students/Participants",(8.5,0),S);
label("Results of an Apple Eating Contest 2023",(8.5,13),N);
label(rotate(90)*"$\#$ of Apples Eaten",(-1,6.5),W);
[/asy]

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