Java Ugly Rounding Error?

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Published on 2010-03-28T15:53:42Z Indexed on 2010/03/28 17:43 UTC
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Using series.add(180, 1); produces a perfectly valid chart like this (little red dot at the bottom with some PolarItemRenderer Mods!)

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but using series.add(3000/(6000/360), 1); produces this beast:

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I assume it's because somewhere, 6000/360 = 16.6... is getting rounded? How can I stop this happening? Thanks :)

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