Why doesn't 0.1 + 0.2 equal 0.3 in Java? Trying BigDecimal for monetary calculations

I added 0.1 and 0.2 to check if they equal 0.3, but it returned false. The formula should be correct, so why?This is a ...
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Guava’s Objects Class: Equals, HashCode, and ToString

If you are fortunate enough to be using JDK 7, the newly available Objects class is the obvious (at least to me) choice for implementing the “common” Java object ...