Sum of rows using float

I calculated the first 20 elements of the series -

in two ways, 1 - forward, 2 - backward. For this I did -

#include <iostream>
#include <math.h>
using namespace std;

float sumSeriesForward(int elementCount) {
    float sum = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < elementCount; ++i) {
        sum += (float) 1 / (pow(3, i));
    }
    return sum;
}

float sumSeriesBack(int elementCount) {
    float sum = 0;
    for (int i = (elementCount - 1); i >= 0; --i) {
        sum += (float) 1 / (pow(3, i));
    }
    return sum;
}

int main() {
    cout.precision(30);
    cout << "sum 20 first elements - forward: " << sumSeriesForward(20) << endl;
    cout << "sum 20 first elements - back: " << sumSeriesBack(20) << endl;
}

And I got -

sum 20 first elements - forward: 1.5000001192092896
sum 20 first elements - back: 1.5

Can someone explain why the difference is between the two ways?