If statement not getting called after Lerping a Scale

I have t$$anonymous$$s script where my object grows in scale and then shrinks back down when it reaches the maxScale, but when maxScale and $$anonymous$$s X Scale are the same.. it doesn't switch to the other ... I tried printing the values to see if they ever became the same and they eventually did, so why doesn't the If statement ever get called ?

 public class knockBack : MonoBehaviour
 {
     public bool growing;
 
     public float maxScale;
 
     private float minScale;
 
     public float speed;
 
     // Use t$$anonymous$$s for initialization
     void Start()
     {
         minScale = transform.localScale.x;
         growing = true;
     }
 
     void FixedUpdate()
     {
         Manager.Enemy.Knockback = true;
 
         if (growing)
         {
             transform.localScale = Vector3.Lerp(transform.localScale, new Vector3(maxScale, maxScale, 0.1f), speed);
             print(maxScale + "," + transform.localScale.x);
 
             if (maxScale <= transform.localScale.x)
             {
                 growing = false;
                 print("should stop growing!!");
             }
         }
         else
         {
             if (minScale < transform.localScale.x)
             {
                 transform.localScale = Vector3.Lerp(transform.localScale, new Vector3(minScale, minScale, 0.1f), speed);
             }
         }
     }
 }