Computation of the maximal ideal of a localized quotient ring

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Let $A$ be a ring, $\mathfrak{q}$ an prime ideal and $\mathfrak{p}$ a maximal ideal such that $\mathfrak{q}\subset \mathfrak{p}$. Consider now the localized ring

$$(A/\mathfrak{q})_{\mathfrak{p}}$$

and denote by $\mathfrak{m}$ its maximal ideal. I saw somewhere that we have

$$\mathfrak{m}=(\mathfrak{p}+\mathfrak{q})/\mathfrak{q}$$

and so

$$\mathfrak{m}/\mathfrak{m}^2= \mathfrak{p}/(\mathfrak{p}^2+\mathfrak{q}).$$

I have two questions:

  • I dont understand how to get the expression of $\mathfrak{m}$ from the expression of the maximal ideal of a localization. So far I got something like $\mathfrak{m}=\mathfrak{p}(A_{\mathfrak{p}}/\mathfrak{q}_{\mathfrak{p}})$.

  • Assuming the expression of $\mathfrak{m}$, I dont understand the computation of the vector space $\mathfrak{m}/\mathfrak{m}^2$.

For the sake of completeness this is part of the proof of the Jacobian criterion for singularity of varieties.