Problem with floating point numbers

Hi Experts,
I am accepting two float values thru a method :- amount and tenure.
Now wat i want to do is
target = amount / ( tenure * 12 );
but result target is not what it supposed to be. For example:-
if amount = Rs. 15 00 000.0 and tenure = 3 yrs, target amount should be 5 00 000. but it is coming 41666 sumthing.
How should I code this?
Pls help,
regards,
Amey

Hi,
I am accepting two float values thru a method :- amount and tenure.
Now wat i want to do is
target = amount / ( tenure * 12 );
but result target is not what it supposed to be. For example:-
if amount = Rs. 15 00 000.0 and tenure = 3 yrs, target amount should be 5 00 000. but it is coming 41666 sumthing.
How should I code this?
I dont see any error in calculation,
15 00 000.0 / 36 is perfecctly 41666 sumthing
how can you expect this to be 5 00 000?
If you want that change your calculation from
target = amount / tenure ;
Regards
Ayyapparaj

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