Finding the inverse Laplace transform of a physics related problem

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I'm trying to find the inverse Laplace transform of:

$$\frac{as+b}{s(cs+d)+g}\tag1$$

First of all I can expand the fraction:

$$\frac{as+b}{s(cs+d)+g}=a\cdot\frac{ s}{s(cs+d)+g}+b\cdot\frac{1}{s(cs+d)+g}\tag2$$

And from now on I've no idea


Background: this inverse Laplace transform is important in solving a second order DE.

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$$s(cs+d)+g=cs^2+ds+g=\left(\sqrt{c}s+\frac{d}{2\sqrt{c}}\right)^2+\left(g-\frac{d^2}{4c}\right)$$ so we can say: $$\frac{as+b}{s(cs+d)+g}=\frac{as+b}{\left(\sqrt{c}s+\frac{d}{2\sqrt{c}}\right)^2+\left(g-\frac{d^2}{4c}\right)}$$ or we could rewrite it as: $$\frac{as+b}{\left(\sqrt{c}s+\frac{d}{2\sqrt{c}}\right)^2-\left(\frac{d^2}{4c}-g\right)}=\frac{as+b}{\left(\sqrt{c}s+\frac{d}{2\sqrt{c}}\right)^2-\sqrt{\frac{d^2}{4c}-g}^2}$$

You could try and make a substitution from this i.e. let $u=\sqrt{c}s+\frac{d}{2\sqrt{c}}$ and then use partial fractions, calculate the inverse Laplace transform then backsubstitute