Finding the difference $\log (2) - \sum\limits_{n=1}^{100} \frac {1} {2^n \cdot n}.$

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The difference $$\log (2) - \sum\limits_{n=1}^{100} \frac {1} {2^n \cdot n}\ \ \ \ \ \ \text {is}$$

$(1)$ less than $0.$

$(2)$ greater than $1.$

$(3)$ less than $\frac {1} {2^{100} \cdot 101}.$

$(4)$ greater than $\frac {1} {2^{100} \cdot 101}.$

It is clear that $(2)$ is false because $\log (2) - \sum\limits_{n=1}^{100} \frac {1} {2^n \cdot n} < \log (2) < 1.$ What other options are true?

Any help will be highly appreciated. Thank you very much.

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With the help of Ragib Zaman I finally able to do it. Here it is $:$

We first observe that $$\log (2) = - \log \left ( \frac 1 2 \right ) = \sum\limits_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac {1} {2^n \cdot n}.$$ So $$\log (2) - \sum\limits_{n=1}^{100} \frac {1} {2^n \cdot n} = \sum\limits_{n=101}^{\infty} \frac {1} {2^n \cdot n} < \frac {1} {101} \sum\limits_{n=101}^{\infty} \frac {1} {2^n} = \frac {1} {2^{100} \cdot 101}.$$