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In a law office with 23 legal secretaries (all of whom are required to wear blue or black suits to work), 19 of the secretaries are female. If 2 male secretaries wear blue suits and 12 of the secretaries wear black suits, then how many female legal secretaries wear blue suits?

A. 2
B. 4
C. 9
D. 10
E. 11

We are given that an office has 23 secretaries and 19 of them are female; thus, 4 are male.

Since 2 male secretaries wear blue suits, 2 must wear black suits.

Since 12 secretaries in total wear black suits, 12 - 2 = 10 female secretaries must wear black suits.

Finally, since there are 19 female secretaries, 19 - 10 = 9 must wear blue suits.

Alternate solution:

We are given that an office has 23 secretaries, 12 of whom wear black suits; thus, 11 wear blue suits.

Since 2 male secretaries wear blue suits, 11 - 2 = 9 female secretaries must wear blue suits.

Answer: C
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