diff --git a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/ui/lerp.dart b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/ui/lerp.dart
index 196a2aa15fc74..364209411fa6e 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/ui/lerp.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/ui/lerp.dart
@@ -5,19 +5,34 @@
 // @dart = 2.10
 part of ui;
 
+/// Linearly interpolate between two numbers, `a` and `b`, by an extrapolation
+/// factor `t`.
+///
+/// When `a` and `b` are equal or both NaN, `a` is returned.  Otherwise, if
+/// `a`, `b`, and `t` are required to be finite or null, and the result of `a +
+/// (b - a) * t` is returned, where nulls are defaulted to 0.0.
 double? lerpDouble(num? a, num? b, double t) {
-  if (a == null && b == null) {
-    return null;
+  if (a == b || (a?.isNaN == true) && (b?.isNaN == true)) {
+    return a?.toDouble();
   }
   a ??= 0.0;
   b ??= 0.0;
-  return (a + (b - a) * t).toDouble();
+  assert(a.isFinite, 'Cannot interpolate between finite and non-finite values');
+  assert(b.isFinite, 'Cannot interpolate between finite and non-finite values');
+  assert(t.isFinite, 't must be finite when interpolating between values');
+  return a * (1.0 - t) + b * t;
 }
 
+/// Linearly interpolate between two doubles.
+///
+/// Same as [lerpDouble] but specialized for non-null `double` type.
 double _lerpDouble(double a, double b, double t) {
-  return a + (b - a) * t;
+  return a * (1.0 - t) + b * t;
 }
 
+/// Linearly interpolate between two integers.
+///
+/// Same as [lerpDouble] but specialized for non-null `int` type.
 double _lerpInt(int a, int b, double t) {
-  return a + (b - a) * t;
+  return a * (1.0 - t) + b * t;
 }
diff --git a/lib/web_ui/test/lerp_test.dart b/lib/web_ui/test/lerp_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..433ffbd066c01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/web_ui/test/lerp_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// @dart = 2.10
+import 'package:test/bootstrap/browser.dart';
+import 'package:test/test.dart';
+
+import 'package:ui/ui.dart';
+
+/// The epsilon of tolerable double precision error.
+///
+/// This is used in various places in the framework to allow for floating point
+/// precision loss in calculations. Differences below this threshold are safe
+/// to disregard.
+const double precisionErrorTolerance = 1e-10;
+
+void main() {
+  internalBootstrapBrowserTest(() => testMain);
+}
+
+// These tests should be kept in sync with the VM tests in
+// testing/dart/lerp_test.dart.
+void testMain() {
+  test('lerpDouble should return null if and only if both inputs are null', () {
+    expect(lerpDouble(null, null, 1.0), isNull);
+    expect(lerpDouble(5.0, null, 0.25), isNotNull);
+    expect(lerpDouble(null, 5.0, 0.25), isNotNull);
+
+    expect(lerpDouble(5, null, 0.25), isNotNull);
+    expect(lerpDouble(null, 5, 0.25), isNotNull);
+  });
+
+  test('lerpDouble should treat a null input as 0 if the other input is non-null', () {
+    expect(lerpDouble(null, 10.0, 0.25), closeTo(2.5, precisionErrorTolerance));
+    expect(lerpDouble(10.0, null, 0.25), closeTo(7.5, precisionErrorTolerance));
+
+    expect(lerpDouble(null, 10, 0.25), closeTo(2.5, precisionErrorTolerance));
+    expect(lerpDouble(10, null, 0.25), closeTo(7.5, precisionErrorTolerance));
+  });
+
+  test('lerpDouble should handle interpolation values < 0.0', () {
+    expect(lerpDouble(0.0, 10.0, -5.0), closeTo(-50.0, precisionErrorTolerance));
+    expect(lerpDouble(10.0, 0.0, -5.0), closeTo(60.0, precisionErrorTolerance));
+
+    expect(lerpDouble(0, 10, -5), closeTo(-50, precisionErrorTolerance));
+    expect(lerpDouble(10, 0, -5), closeTo(60, precisionErrorTolerance));
+  });
+
+  test('lerpDouble should return the start value at 0.0', () {
+    expect(lerpDouble(2.0, 10.0, 0.0), 2.0);
+    expect(lerpDouble(10.0, 2.0, 0.0), 10.0);
+
+    expect(lerpDouble(2, 10, 0), 2);
+    expect(lerpDouble(10, 2, 0), 10);
+  });
+
+  test('lerpDouble should interpolate between two values', () {
+    expect(lerpDouble(0.0, 10.0, 0.25), closeTo(2.5, precisionErrorTolerance));
+    expect(lerpDouble(10.0, 0.0, 0.25), closeTo(7.5, precisionErrorTolerance));
+
+    expect(lerpDouble(0, 10, 0.25), closeTo(2.5, precisionErrorTolerance));
+    expect(lerpDouble(10, 0, 0.25), closeTo(7.5, precisionErrorTolerance));
+
+    // Exact answer: 20.0 - 1.0e-29
+    expect(lerpDouble(10.0, 1.0e30, 1.0e-29), closeTo(20.0, precisionErrorTolerance));
+
+    // Exact answer: 5.0 + 5.0e29
+    expect(lerpDouble(10.0, 1.0e30, 0.5), closeTo(5.0e29, precisionErrorTolerance));
+  });
+
+  test('lerpDouble should return the end value at 1.0', () {
+    expect(lerpDouble(2.0, 10.0, 1.0), 10.0);
+    expect(lerpDouble(10.0, 2.0, 1.0), 2.0);
+
+    expect(lerpDouble(0, 10, 5), 50);
+    expect(lerpDouble(10, 0, 5), -40);
+
+    expect(lerpDouble(1.0e30, 10.0, 1.0), 10.0);
+    expect(lerpDouble(10.0, 1.0e30, 0.0), 10.0);
+  });
+
+  test('lerpDouble should handle interpolation values > 1.0', () {
+    expect(lerpDouble(0.0, 10.0, 5.0), closeTo(50.0, precisionErrorTolerance));
+    expect(lerpDouble(10.0, 0.0, 5.0), closeTo(-40.0, precisionErrorTolerance));
+
+    expect(lerpDouble(0, 10, 5), closeTo(50, precisionErrorTolerance));
+    expect(lerpDouble(10, 0, 5), closeTo(-40, precisionErrorTolerance));
+  });
+
+  test('lerpDouble should return input value in all cases if begin/end are equal', () {
+    expect(lerpDouble(10.0, 10.0, 5.0), 10.0);
+    expect(lerpDouble(10.0, 10.0, double.nan), 10.0);
+    expect(lerpDouble(10.0, 10.0, double.infinity), 10.0);
+    expect(lerpDouble(10.0, 10.0, -double.infinity), 10.0);
+
+    expect(lerpDouble(10, 10, 5.0), 10.0);
+    expect(lerpDouble(10, 10, double.nan), 10.0);
+    expect(lerpDouble(10, 10, double.infinity), 10.0);
+    expect(lerpDouble(10, 10, -double.infinity), 10.0);
+
+    expect(lerpDouble(double.nan, double.nan, 5.0), isNaN);
+    expect(lerpDouble(double.nan, double.nan, double.nan), isNaN);
+    expect(lerpDouble(double.nan, double.nan, double.infinity), isNaN);
+    expect(lerpDouble(double.nan, double.nan, -double.infinity), isNaN);
+
+    expect(lerpDouble(double.infinity, double.infinity, 5.0), double.infinity);
+    expect(lerpDouble(double.infinity, double.infinity, double.nan), double.infinity);
+    expect(lerpDouble(double.infinity, double.infinity, double.infinity), double.infinity);
+    expect(lerpDouble(double.infinity, double.infinity, -double.infinity), double.infinity);
+
+    expect(lerpDouble(-double.infinity, -double.infinity, 5.0), -double.infinity);
+    expect(lerpDouble(-double.infinity, -double.infinity, double.nan), -double.infinity);
+    expect(lerpDouble(-double.infinity, -double.infinity, double.infinity), -double.infinity);
+    expect(lerpDouble(-double.infinity, -double.infinity, -double.infinity), -double.infinity);
+  });
+
+  test('lerpDouble should throw AssertionError if interpolation value is NaN and a != b', () {
+    expectAssertion(() => lerpDouble(0.0, 10.0, double.nan));
+  });
+
+  test('lerpDouble should throw AssertionError if interpolation value is +/- infinity and a != b', () {
+    expectAssertion(() => lerpDouble(0.0, 10.0, double.infinity));
+    expectAssertion(() => lerpDouble(0.0, 10.0, -double.infinity));
+  });
+
+  test('lerpDouble should throw AssertionError if either start or end are NaN', () {
+    expectAssertion(() => lerpDouble(double.nan, 10.0, 5.0));
+    expectAssertion(() => lerpDouble(0.0, double.nan, 5.0));
+  });
+
+  test('lerpDouble should throw AssertionError if either start or end are +/- infinity', () {
+    expectAssertion(() => lerpDouble(double.infinity, 10.0, 5.0));
+    expectAssertion(() => lerpDouble(-double.infinity, 10.0, 5.0));
+    expectAssertion(() => lerpDouble(0.0, double.infinity, 5.0));
+    expectAssertion(() => lerpDouble(0.0, -double.infinity, 5.0));
+  });
+}
+
+/// Asserts that `callback` throws an [AssertionError].
+///
+/// Verifies that the specified callback throws an [AssertionError] when
+/// running in with assertions enabled. When asserts are not enabled, such as
+/// when running using a release-mode VM with default settings, this acts as a
+/// no-op.
+void expectAssertion(Function callback) {
+  bool assertsEnabled = false;
+  assert(() {
+    assertsEnabled = true;
+    return true;
+  }());
+  if (assertsEnabled) {
+    bool threw = false;
+    try {
+      callback();
+    } catch (e) {
+      expect(e is AssertionError, true);
+      threw = true;
+    }
+    expect(threw, true);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/testing/dart/lerp_test.dart b/testing/dart/lerp_test.dart
index d9e43092c95e7..9bc15f4f5034d 100644
--- a/testing/dart/lerp_test.dart
+++ b/testing/dart/lerp_test.dart
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import 'package:test/test.dart';
 
 import 'test_util.dart';
 
+// These tests should be kept in sync with the web tests in
+// lib/web_ui/test/lerp_test.dart.
 void main() {
   test('lerpDouble should return null if and only if both inputs are null', () {
     expect(lerpDouble(null, null, 1.0), isNull);