A positive integer with (decimal) digits is called balanced if its first digits sum to the same value as its last digits, where , pronounced ceiling of , is the smallest integer , thus and .
So, for example, all palindromes are balanced, as is .
Let be the sum of all balanced numbers less than .
Thus: , and .
Find .
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