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Income Taxes (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Income Tax And Effective Tax Rate |
| Quarter ended |  | Year to date
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Income tax provision | $ | 33 |  |  | $ | 45 |  |  | $ | 96 |  |  | $ | 170 |
Effective tax rate | 10.5 | % |  | 15.1 | % |  | 14.4 | % |  | 17.4 | %

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