An educational institution is planning to segment its network into three major sections: Administrative, Academic, and Student Residential. Each section requires a different number of IP addresses: Administrative needs up to $500$ addresses, Academic needs up to $10,000$ addresses, and Student Residential needs up to $2,000$ addresses.

Using classful addressing, which class of IP addresses would be most appropriate for the Academic section?

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Class A

Class D

Class B

Class C