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Research and Development	3 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2017
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Research and Development	Research and Development We share the cost of certain product and process development activities with development partners. Our R&D expenses were reduced by reimbursements under these arrangements by $56 million for each of the first quarters of 2018 and 2017.

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The entire disclosure for collaborative arrangements in which the entity is a participant, including a) information about the nature and purpose of such arrangements; b) its rights and obligations thereunder; c) the accounting policy for collaborative arrangements; and d) the income statement classification and amounts attributable to transactions arising from the collaborative arrangement between participants.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 808
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=5833765

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