It is used in the concept of ackerman steering. While going around a corner all the tires turn along the circle with a common center point(as shown in figure). The intention of Ackerman geometry is to avoid the need for tyres to slip sideways when following the path around a curve. The angles b and a can be calculated by
b=
a=
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