Prove $1-\frac12+\frac13-\frac14+\ldots+\frac1{199}-\frac1{200}=\frac1{101}+\frac1{102}+\ldots+\frac1{200}$

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I want to prove $$1-\frac12+\frac13-\frac14+\ldots+\frac1{199}-\frac1{200}=\frac1{101}+\frac1{102}+\ldots+\frac1{200}$$
First I added $\frac12+\frac14+\ldots+\frac1{200}$ to both sides of the equation but that wasn't helpful.
I'm not sure how to prove it I can write it as partial sums:$$\sum_{n=1}^{200}\frac{(-1)^{n+1}}n=\sum_{n=1}^{100}\frac{1}{n+100}$$But I don't see a way to proceed from here.

Best Answer

Hint:

$$\frac12+\frac14+\ldots+\frac1{200} =\frac12\left(1+\frac12+\ldots+\frac1{100}\right)$$

and you may want to add it twice to both sides

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