Finding the 11th term of $\frac{7x^2+2x+6}{(x+2)(x^2+1)}$ Taylor expansion

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Given $f(x)=\frac{7x^2+2x+6}{(x+2)(x^2+1)}$, find $f^{(11)}(0).$

I understood that we first need to use partial fractions to simplify the function.

$$\frac{7x^2+2x+6}{(x+2)(x^2+1)}=\frac{A}{(x+2)}+\frac{Cx+B}{(x^2+1)}=\frac{6}{(x+2)}+\frac{x}{(x^2+1)}$$

That can be written as $$\frac{6}{(x+2)}+\frac{x}{(x^2+1)}=\frac{1}{2}*\frac{6}{(1-(-\frac{x}{2}))}+\frac{x}{(1-(-x^2))}=\frac{3}{(1-(-\frac{x}{2}))}+\frac{x}{(1-(-x^2))}$$

The taylor expansion of $\frac{1}{1-x}=1+x+x^2+...+x^{11}+o(x^{12})$

So we have $$\frac{3}{(1-(-\frac{x}{2}))}+\frac{x}{(1-(-x^2))}$$

Taking the 11th derivative and plugin x=0 will give $$\frac{3}{\frac{11!}{2^11}}+\frac{x}{0}$$ and that can not be, where did I get it wrong?

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We have $$ f(x)=\frac{7x^2+2x+6}{(x+2)(x^2+1)}=\frac{6}{x+2}+\frac{x}{1+x^2}\tag{1}$$ through the residue theorem, then: $$ f(x) = 3\sum_{n\geq 0}\frac{(-1)^n}{2^n}x^{n}+\sum_{n\geq 0}(-1)^n x^{2n+1} \tag{2}$$ by exploiting geometric series. It follows that: $$ [x^{11}]\,f(x) = -\frac{3}{2^{11}}-1 \tag{3} $$ so: $$ f^{(11)}(0) = \color{red}{- 11!\cdot\left(1+\frac{3}{2^{11}}\right)}.\tag{4}$$