Why 6.84 - 3.6 == 3.2399999999999998

Question

I just encountered this and can\'t figure out why exactly Ruby behaves this way.

Could someone explain why in Ruby:

6.84 - 3.6 == 3.2399999999999998
         


        

Answer 1

0.01 or 0.07 cannot be precisely represented in binary floating-point.