Integral of Complex Polynomial with Quotient of Complex Sine

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I'm stuck trying to finish the following problem:

Evaluate the integral $\int_{C}\frac{2z^{2}-5z+2}{\sin(z)}~dz$, where $C$ is the unit circle (oriented counterclockwise).

My work so far: We will use the Residue Theorem. Let $f(z)=\frac{2z^{2}-5z+2}{\sin(z)}$; then $f$ is holomorphic except at those $z\in\mathbb{C}$ with $z=n\pi$ for some $n\in\mathbb{Z}$. In particular, $f$ has poles at the points $z=n\pi$. The only pole that lies inside the counter $\mathbb{C}$ is the origin $z=0$. Hence, by the Residue Theorem, we have $$\int_{C}f(z)~dz=2\pi i\cdot\mathrm{Ind}_{C}(0)\cdot\mathrm{Res}_{0}(f).$$ Since $C$ is assumed to have the counterclockwise orientation, we have $\mathrm{Ind}_{C}(0)=1$. Also, since $z=0$ is a simple pole of $f$, we compute $$\mathrm{Res}_{0}(f)=\lim_{z\to 0}(z-0)f(z)=\lim_{z\to 0}\frac{2z^{3}-5z^{2}+2z}{\sin(z)}\overset{\mathrm{LH}}{=}\lim_{z\to 0}\frac{6z^{2}-10z+2}{\cos(z)}=2$$ (where the "LH" above the second to last equality sign denotes an application of l'Hospital's Rule). Hence, $\int_{C}f(z)~dz=4\pi i$.

My questions: Does my work look okay? I'm not very familiar with contour integration and want to make sure that I'm understanding this correctly.

Thank you in advance for any comments.

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Everything looks okay to me. Instead of L'Hospital's rule you could write $$ z f(z) = \frac{2z^2-5z+2}{\frac{\sin(z)}{z}} = \frac{2z^2-5z+2}{1 + O(z^2)} \to 2 $$ for $z \to 0$, or use the general rule that $$ \operatorname{Res}_{a}(\frac{g}{h}) = \frac{g(a)}{h'(a)} $$ if $g$ and $h$ are holomorphic in a neighborhood of $z=a$ and $h$ has a simple zero at $z=a$.