Solve
-When Maria Finished Medical School She Had a Student $\$ 27,000$

Multiple Choice

Solve.
-When Maria finished medical school she had a student loan. She repaid $\$ 27,000$ of the loan within two years of graduating. That was $\frac{1}{2}$ of the total amount she owed. Write and solve an equation to determine the total amount, $x$ , of the student loan.

A) $27,000=\frac{1}{2} x ; \$ 54,000$
B) $27,000=\frac{1}{2} x ; \$ 24,300$
C) $27,000 \cdot \frac{1}{2}=x ; \$ 54,000$
D) $27,000 \cdot \frac{1}{2}=x ; \$ 24,300$