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Income Taxes (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Oct. 30, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Effective Tax Rates | Our effective tax rates for the periods presented were as follows:
|  | Six Months Ended |
|  | October 30, 2015 |  |  | October 24, 2014 |
Effective tax rates |  |  | 31.1 | % |  |  | 28.8 | %
Unrecognized Tax Benefits | A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (in millions):
|  | Six Months Ended |
|  | October 30, 2015 |  |  | October 24, 2014 |
Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | 272 |  |  | $ | 236 |
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year |  |  | 7 |  |  |  | 13 |
Additions for tax positions of prior years |  |  | 20 |  |  |  | 99 |
Decreases for tax positions of prior years |  |  | (38 | ) |  |  | (19 | )
Settlements |  |  | (52 | ) |  |  | (54 | )
Balance at end of period |  | $ | 209 |  |  | $ | 275 |

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