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Income Taxes (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jan. 29, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Effective Tax Rates | Our effective tax rates for the periods presented were as follows:
|  | Nine Months Ended |
|  | January 29, 2016 |  |  | January 23, 2015 |
Effective tax rates |  |  | 16.8 | % |  |  | 22.5 | %
Unrecognized Tax Benefits | A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (in millions):
|  | Nine Months Ended |
|  | January 29, 2016 |  |  | January 23, 2015 |
Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | 272 |  |  | $ | 236 |
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year |  |  | 13 |  |  |  | 19 |
Additions for tax positions of prior years |  |  | 21 |  |  |  | 102 |
Decreases for tax positions of prior years |  |  | (38 | ) |  |  | (24 | )
Settlements |  |  | (52 | ) |  |  | (58 | )
Balance at end of period |  | $ | 216 |  |  | $ | 275 |

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