Why does the inverse Laplace transform of 5/((2x+3)(4+x²)) give trig terms?

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Homework Statement



I'm attempting to find the inverse laplace transform of (5/((2x+3)(4+x^2)))

The Attempt at a Solution



Here's the solution:
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=inverse+laplace+transform+(5/((2x+3)(4+x^2)))

There's 3 terms in the solution and 2 are trigonometric. But according to laplace tables you
only get a trigonometric term if a variable in one of the terms of the denominator is squared and if you perform PFE there won't be any variables squared so I'm not sure what's going on here.
 
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Did you actually do the partial fractions expansion?
 
Worked it out, I needed Bx + C as the residual and not just B.