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Income Taxes (Details) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 01, 2018 USD ($) | Jun. 01, 2018 USD ($)
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |  |
US Federal statutory tax rate effective before the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act 2017 |  | 35.00%
US Federal statutory tax rate effective after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act 2017 |  | 21.00%
One-time transition tax due to Tax Cuts and Jobs Act 2017 | 15.50% | 15.50%
One-time transition tax other income due to Tax Cuts and Jobs act of 2017 | 8.00% | 8.00%
Blended U.S. Federal Statutory tax Rate for FY2018 due to Tax Cuts and Jobs Act 2017 |  | 22.20%
Provisional tax charge due to Tax Cuts and Jobs Act 2017 |  | $ 10
Provisional transition tax expense on deferred foreign earnings due to Tax Cuts and Job Act 2017 | $ 28 | 118
Reduction of deferred tax assets due to Tax Cuts and Jobs Act 2017 | $ 72 |
Reduction of long-term income taxes payable due to Tax Cuts and Jobs Act 2017 |  | 44
Provisional transition tax expense plus other ancillary effects recorded in the first fiscal quarter in 2018 due to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act 2017 |  | 86
Provisional transition tax expense of long term income taxes payable due to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act 2017 |  | 533
Reduction in deferred tax liability due to Tax Cuts and Jobs Act 2017 |  | 415
Reclassification of long term income taxes payable to short term income taxes payable due to Tax Cuts and Jobs Act 2017 |  | $ 39

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