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Debt (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018
Debt [Abstract] |
Schedule of Carrying Values and Estimated Fair Values of Debt Instruments | 0.75% Senior Convertible Notes due 2022
(in millions) | June 30, 2018 |  | December 31, 2017
0.75% Senior convertible notes due 2022: |  |  |
Principal amount | $ | 400.0 |  |  | $ | 400.0 |
Unamortized debt discount | (57.8 | ) |  | (64.4 | )
Unamortized debt issuance costs | (7.2 | ) |  | (8.0 | )
Net carrying amount of senior convertible notes | $ | 335.0 |  |  | $ | 327.6 |
Fair value of outstanding notes | $ | 465.8 |  |  | $ | 381.3 |
Amount by which the notes' if-converted value exceeds their principal amount | $ | 55.4 |  |  | $ | — |

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