Daily Math Challenge - October 20, 2022

Let X represent a positive integer that satisfies the following equation:

$\frac{\mathbf{9}}{\mathbf{10}}\mathbf{+}\frac{\mathbf{99}}{{\mathbf{10}}^{\mathbf{2}}}\mathbf{+}\frac{\mathbf{999}}{{\mathbf{10}}^{\mathbf{3}}}\mathbf{+}\mathbf{ }\mathbf{.}\mathbf{ }\mathbf{.}\mathbf{ }\mathbf{.}\mathbf{ }\mathbf{+}\mathbf{ }\frac{\mathbf{9999999999}}{{\mathbf{10}}^{\mathbf{10}}}\mathbf{=}\frac{\mathbf{X}}{{\mathbf{10}}^{\mathbf{10}}}$

How many 8s are in the numerical representation of X?

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