Find the sum of the $\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{1}{n2^n}$

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Find the sum of the

$$\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{1}{n2^n}$$

Edit after YiFan answer

If we take $a_n=1$ , we get:

$$f(x)=\int\frac{1}{x} \cdot \frac{x}{1-x}$$ $$f(x)=\ln\frac{1}{|x-1|}$$ $$f(\frac{1}{2})= \ln{2}$$

what is equal to wolfram answer

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Hint. Let $$f(x)=\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{x^n}{n},$$ then we want to find $f(1/2)$. Make the following two obervations: first that $$\int\frac1x\sum a_nx^n\,dx=\sum\int a_nx^{n-1}\,dx=\sum\frac{a_n}{n}x^{n}$$ so long as exchanging $\int$ and $\sum$ is justified (ask yourself: when is this true?) and then that $$\sum_{n=1}^\infty x^n=\frac{x}{1-x}.$$