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Income Taxes (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended
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Sep. 29, 2018 | Mar. 31, 2018 | Dec. 30, 2017 | Sep. 30, 2017 | Sep. 29, 2018 | Sep. 30, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |
Effective Income Tax Reconciliation - TCJA Enactment-Related Charges, Percent | (2.20%) |  |  |  | (1.30%) |
Effective tax rate | 20.70% |  |  | 24.80% | 19.70% | 26.90%
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, at Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate, Percent | 21.00% |  |  | 35.00% | 21.00% | 35.00%
Provisional U.S. Tax Reform Charge - Total |  |  | $ 231.3 |  |  |
Provisional U.S. Tax Reform Charge - Mandatory Transition Tax |  | $ (6.2) | 215.5 |  |  |
Provisional U.S. Tax Reform Charge - Revaluation of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities | $ (4.7) | (5.5) | $ 15.8 |  | $ (4.7) |
Provisional U.S. Tax Reform Charge - Expected Future Remittance of Certain Previously Deferred Foreign Earnings |  | 1.8 |  |  |  |
Non-current liability for unrecognized tax benefits | 80.0 | 79.2 |  |  | 80.0 |
Unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate | $ 70.9 | $ 68.4 |  |  | $ 70.9 |

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