With any turning vehicle, the rear wheels follow a path that is:

• A. Shorter
• B. The same
• C. Longer
• D. Curved differently but same length

Answer: (A)

When a vehicle turns, the front wheels steer to change direction, so they trace a path with a larger turning radius. The rear wheels are fixed on the axle and follow inside that arc, at a smaller radius. Because arc length equals radius times the turning angle, the rear wheels cover a shorter distance than the front wheels for the same turn. So the rear wheels’ path is shorter.

This isn’t about traveling the same distance, nor about the rear path being longer or about both paths having the same curvature. The key idea is that the rear axle follows a smaller-radius arc, yielding a shorter path.