Solving system if equations containing trigonometric functions with Ti-Nspire

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In trying to solve the following system of equation:

$20000\times9.81+a\cos b=0$

$a\sin b=6.17\times20000$

Find $a$ and $b$ .

It gives me something containing "n2" in bold and I don't know why?

$a=-231780.07/(-1)^{n2}$

$b=(180*(n2*pi-0.56143476))/pi$

How do I get the right answer? Thanks

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Compare with standard solution of polar /cartesian coordinate relations and interpret the differences. Let

$$a/20000= \alpha, 9.81= g;$$

$$ \left(g +\alpha \cos b=0, -6.17+ \alpha \sin b=0 \right)$$

Eliminate b ;

$$ \alpha= \sqrt{g^2+ 6.17^2}; $$

Multiply this by 20000 to get a ;

and

$$ b=\sin^{-1}\dfrac{6.17 }{\alpha}.$$