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Computation of Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Feb. 29, 2020
Computation Of Earnings Per Share Tables [Abstract] |
Schedule of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Common Share | The calculation of basic and diluted earnings per common share for the periods ended February 29, 2020 and February 28, 2019 was as follows (in millions, except per share amounts):
|  | Three Months Ended |  |  | Nine Months Ended |
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Basic earnings per common share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net earnings allocable to common shares(1) |  | $ | 314 |  |  | $ | 738 |  |  | $ | 1,617 |  |  | $ | 2,506 |
Weighted-average common shares |  |  | 261 |  |  |  | 261 |  |  |  | 261 |  |  |  | 262 |
Basic earnings per common share |  | $ | 1.21 |  |  | $ | 2.83 |  |  | $ | 6.21 |  |  | $ | 9.55 |
Diluted earnings per common share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net earnings allocable to common shares(1) |  | $ | 314 |  |  | $ | 738 |  |  | $ | 1,617 |  |  | $ | 2,506 |
Weighted-average common shares |  |  | 261 |  |  |  | 261 |  |  |  | 261 |  |  |  | 262 |
Dilutive effect of share-based awards |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 4 |
Weighted-average diluted shares |  |  | 262 |  |  |  | 263 |  |  |  | 262 |  |  |  | 266 |
Diluted earnings per common share |  | $ | 1.20 |  |  | $ | 2.80 |  |  | $ | 6.17 |  |  | $ | 9.41 |
Anti-dilutive options excluded from diluted earnings per common share |  |  | 11.7 |  |  |  | 7.2 |  |  |  | 11.2 |  |  |  | 5.0 |
| (1) | Net earnings available to participating securities were immaterial in all periods presented.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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