Partial fraction decomposition trouble

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I'm trying to do a partial fraction expansion on $$Y = n \cdot \frac{e^{-pt_{0}}}{(p+n)(p^2+\omega^2)}$$

which gives $A(p^2+\omega^2)+(Bp+C)(p+n) = 1$ which implies

$$A = -B$$ $$Bpn=0\rightarrow B=0\rightarrow A=0$$

which is incorrect. Any help with what I'm missing would be greatly appreciated

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The condition

$$ A(p^2 + \omega^2) + (B p + C)(p + n ) = 1 $$

leads to the equations

\begin{eqnarray} A + B &=& 0 \\ B n + C &=& 0 \\ A \omega^2 + C n &=& 1 \end{eqnarray}

whose solution is

\begin{eqnarray} A &=& \frac{1}{\omega^2 + n^2} = -B \\ C &=& \frac{n}{\omega^2 + n^2} \end{eqnarray}

So the fraction is

$$ Y = \frac{n e^{-pt_0}}{\omega^2 + n^2}\left[ \frac{1}{p + n} + \frac{n-p}{p^2 + \omega^2} \right] $$