2014 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 20

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Problem

The product $(8)(888\dots8)$, where the second factor has $k$ digits, is an integer whose digits have a sum of $1000$. What is $k$?

$\textbf{(A)}\ 901\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 911\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 919\qquad\textbf{(D)}}\ 991\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 999$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)