When she graduated from college, Maria was able to defer payment on her $40,000 student loan for 6 months. However, the government was no longer paying for the interest on her loan so it was added to the principal until her payments began. If the annual interest rate was 6% and interest was compounded monthly, what was the amount of her loan when she began to repay it?

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