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Equity Equity (Narrative) (Details) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, TangibleEquityUnits in Millions, TEUPurchaseContracts in Millions |  | 12 Months Ended | 21 Months Ended |
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Jul. 17, 2017 USD ($) shares | Sep. 27, 2014 USD ($) TangibleEquityUnits $ / shares | Jul. 01, 2017 USD ($) TangibleEquityUnits TEUPurchaseContracts shares | Oct. 01, 2016 USD ($)
Class of Stock [Line Items] |  |  |  |
TEU's issued (in units) | TangibleEquityUnits |  | 30.0 |  |
TEU's Dividend Rate |  | 4.75% |  |
Proceeds from Issuance of Tangible Equity Units, Net |  | $ 1,454,000,000 |  |
TEUs, stated amount per unit (in dollars per unit) | $ / shares |  | $ 50 |  |
TEUs, Equity Component |  | $ 1,295,000,000 |  |
TEUs, Debt Component |  | $ 205,000,000 | $ 18,000,000 | $ 71,000,000
Tangible Equity Units, Purchase Contracts, Settled | TEUPurchaseContracts |  |  | 22.8 |
Tangible Equity Units, Outstanding | TangibleEquityUnits |  |  | 7.2 |
Subsequent Event [Member] | Convertible Debt [Member] | Tangible Equity Unit, Senior Amortizing Note [Member] |  |  |  |
Class of Stock [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Period Payment, Per Senior Amortizing Note | $ 0.59 |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment | $ 18,000,000 |  |  |
Class A [Member] |  |  |  |
Class of Stock [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Stock Repurchase Program, Remaining Number of Shares Authorized to be Repurchased | shares |  |  | 27.8 |
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Conversion of Convertible Securities | shares |  |  | 24.2 |
Class A [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member] |  |  |  |
Class of Stock [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Conversion of Convertible Securities | shares | 7.8 |  |  |

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