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Description of Business (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2016 Segment
Description of Business [Abstract]
Number of reportable segments	3

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Description of Business.

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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