Where's my mistake? Laplace Transforms

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Homework Statement



Find the inverse laplace transform. (see figure attached for question as well as my attempt)

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The Attempt at a Solution



I came up with a different answer than the given solution, and I can't figure out where I went wrong.

We are given a table of common Laplace transforms and can refer to them without proof.

I've got a feeling I made a mistake just because of how my partial fractions decomposition came out, it just doesn't make any sense.

Thanks again!

EDIT: I found my mistake in my partial fractions decomposition. A+B = 0, B = -1, C=0
 

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Your partial fractions are wrong. You said [itex]A=1, B=C=0[/itex], but plugging those values in, you get,
[tex]\frac{1}{s(s^2+1)} = \frac{A}{s} + \frac{Bs+C}{s^2+1} = \frac{1}{s}[/tex],

which isn't quite true.

Edit: Sorry, I didn't see your edit :).