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Financial Instruments (Fair Value Of Short-Term Investments) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020
Financial Instruments
Fair Value	$ 1,972	$ 1,967	[1]
Short-term investments
Financial Instruments
Cost or Amortized Cost	1,967	1,970
Gross Unrealized Gains	5	5
Gross Unrealized Losses	0	(8)
Fair Value	1,972	1,967
Short-term investments | Corporate bonds
Financial Instruments
Cost or Amortized Cost	513	684
Gross Unrealized Gains	1	1
Gross Unrealized Losses	0	(4)
Fair Value	514	681
Short-term investments | U.S. Treasury securities
Financial Instruments
Cost or Amortized Cost	724	530
Gross Unrealized Gains	2	4
Gross Unrealized Losses	0	0
Fair Value	726	534
Short-term investments | U.S. agency securities
Financial Instruments
Cost or Amortized Cost	5	8
Gross Unrealized Gains	0	0
Gross Unrealized Losses	0	0
Fair Value	5	8
Short-term investments | Commercial paper
Financial Instruments
Cost or Amortized Cost	358	377
Gross Unrealized Gains	0	0
Gross Unrealized Losses	0	0
Fair Value	358	377
Short-term investments | Debt Security, Government, Non-US [Member]
Financial Instruments
Cost or Amortized Cost	75	42
Gross Unrealized Gains	0	0
Gross Unrealized Losses	0	0
Fair Value	75	42
Short-term investments | Asset-backed Securities [Member]
Financial Instruments
Cost or Amortized Cost	237	273
Gross Unrealized Gains	2	0
Gross Unrealized Losses	0	(4)
Fair Value	239	269
Short-term investments | Certificates of Deposit [Member]
Financial Instruments
Cost or Amortized Cost	55	56
Gross Unrealized Gains	0	0
Gross Unrealized Losses	0	0
Fair Value	$ 55	$ 56
[1] Derived from audited Consolidated Financial Statements.

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