What is the sum of the first 13 terms of the above sequence?
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Let , S n = 7 + 7 7 + 7 7 7 + 7 7 7 7 + . . . . (n terms) ⟹ S n = 7 ( 1 + 1 1 + 1 1 1 + 1 1 1 1 + . . . . n terms ) ⟹ S n = 9 7 ( 9 + 9 9 + 9 9 9 + 9 9 9 9 + . . . . n terms ) ⟹ S n = 9 7 [ ( 1 0 − 1 ) + ( 1 0 0 − 1 ) + ( 1 0 0 0 − 1 ) + ( 1 0 0 0 0 − 1 ) + . . . . n terms ] ⟹ S n = 9 7 [ ( 1 0 + 1 0 2 + 1 0 3 + ⋯ n terms ) − ( 1 + 1 + 1 + ⋯ n terms ) ] S n = 9 7 ( 1 0 − 1 1 0 ( 1 0 n − 1 ) − n ) S n = 8 1 7 [ 1 0 ( 1 0 n − 1 ) − 9 n ] Put n = 1 3 S 1 3 = 8 1 7 ( 1 0 ( 1 0 1 3 − 1 ) − 9 ⋅ 1 3 ) = 8 6 4 1 9 7 5 3 0 8 6 3 1
: Generalized for a Digit (N) : Let , S n = N + N N + N N N + N N N N + . . . . (n terms) ⟹ S n = N ( 1 + 1 1 + 1 1 1 + 1 1 1 1 + . . . . n terms ) ⟹ S n = 9 N ( 9 + 9 9 + 9 9 9 + 9 9 9 9 + . . . . n terms ) ⟹ S n = 9 N [ ( 1 0 − 1 ) + ( 1 0 0 − 1 ) + ( 1 0 0 0 − 1 ) + ( 1 0 0 0 0 − 1 ) + . . . . n terms ] ⟹ S n = 9 N [ ( 1 0 + 1 0 2 + 1 0 3 + ⋯ n terms ) − ( 1 + 1 + 1 + ⋯ n terms ) ] S n = 9 N ( 1 0 − 1 1 0 ( 1 0 n − 1 ) − n ) S n = 8 1 N [ 1 0 ( 1 0 n − 1 ) − 9 n ]