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31 Jul 2020, 11:16
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How essential is it to know calculus for earning a Top 15 MBA? Thank you in advance.
02 Aug 2020, 09:12
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Hi timthetryhard
I think knowledge of calculus is not required for GMAT. But knowledge of calculus may help in solving some questions (maximum/minimum related etc) quickly. Just learn that how to find dy/dx for some function y = f(x) and and equate it to 0 for getting values of x for which y = f(x) is either minimum or maximum.
For example
If you have to find minimum value of the expression y = f(x) = x^2 - 4x - 10
dy/dx = 2x -4 = 0; x = 2
y = f(2) = 4 - 8 - 10 = -14
Other way to solve this question
y= f(x) = x^2 - 4x + 4 - 14 = (x-2)^2 - 14
Since minimum value of expression (x-2)^2 = 0
Minimum value of function y = f(x) = x^2 - 4x - 10 is - 14.
Hope it helps!
I think knowledge of calculus is not required for GMAT. But knowledge of calculus may help in solving some questions (maximum/minimum related etc) quickly. Just learn that how to find dy/dx for some function y = f(x) and and equate it to 0 for getting values of x for which y = f(x) is either minimum or maximum.
For example
If you have to find minimum value of the expression y = f(x) = x^2 - 4x - 10
dy/dx = 2x -4 = 0; x = 2
y = f(2) = 4 - 8 - 10 = -14
Other way to solve this question
y= f(x) = x^2 - 4x + 4 - 14 = (x-2)^2 - 14
Since minimum value of expression (x-2)^2 = 0
Minimum value of function y = f(x) = x^2 - 4x - 10 is - 14.
Hope it helps!
timthetryhard
02 Aug 2020, 10:44
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timthetryhard
Calculus is not part of GMAT syllabus.
