Basics of Vectors

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I am not sure what the second bearing is for this question.

In an orienteering race, the first checkpoint is $500~\text{m}$ from the start and on a bearing of $030^{\circ}$. The second checkpoint is $400~\text{m}$ from the first checkpoint and is $600~\text{m}$ from the start. Find, to the nearest degree, the two possible bearings of checkpoint 2 from the start.

I worked out the first bearing and got 71°.

The answers to this question are 71° and 349°

This is my diagram: enter image description here

The angle next to 30° (for the first checkpoint) is 53°

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I asked another person how to do it and he responded by saying that the 2nd checkpoint can be on the left or right of the first checkpoint. In my diagram, I only found the bearing by putting the second checkpoint on the right of the first.

This is the diagram of how he did it. enter image description here