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Problem

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Solution

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The $k$-th term in the sequence is $\dfrac{10^k - 1}{9}$. By using basic summation properties, and the formula for the sum of a geometric sequence, the desired sum is:

$\sum_{k=1}^{n}\dfrac{10^k - 1}{9} = \dfrac{1}{9}\sum_{k=1}^{n}10^k - \dfrac{1}{9}\sum_{k=1}^{n}1 = \dfrac{10^{n+1}-10}{81} - \dfrac{n}{9} = \dfrac{10^{n+1}-9n-10}{81}$.