<s>[INST] Can someone explain the steps of this Partial fraction decomposition? 
My thoughts:
$$\frac{(Ax + B)}{(x^2+1)} + \frac{(Cx + D)}{(x^2+4)} = \frac{x}{(x^2+1)(x^2+4)}$$
I combined the left terms
Set the numerator of the combined left term to "x" which is the numerator of the right term
I got
$$4Ax + Cx = x$$
I am not sure what to do next
 [/INST] I’m not entirely sure what you did to get there, but here are the steps to decomposing your partial fraction. You can compare and see where went wrong.

Starting off with$$\frac x{(1+x^2)(4+x^2)}=\frac {Ax+B}{1+x^2}+\frac {Cx+D}{4+x^2}$$We get rid of the fractions to see$$x=(Ax+B)(4+x^2)+(Cx+D)(1+x^2)$$Now, we set $x^2=-4$ to get rid of one of the expressions. Thus$$x=-3(Cx+D)\implies x=-3Cx-3D$$So $C=-\tfrac 13$ and $D=0$. Similarly, with the other expression, set $x^2=-1$ and we find that $A=\tfrac 13$ and $B=0$. Hence$$\frac x{(1+x^2)(4+x^2)}=\frac {x}{3(1+x^2)}-\frac x{3(4+x^2)}$$
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