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Equity (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2016	Jul. 02, 2016	Mar. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018	Apr. 01, 2017	May 13, 2019
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Cost of shares repurchased			$ 502.6	$ 17.1	$ 215.2
Stock Repurchase Program, Authorized Amount			1,000.0
Stock Repurchase Program, Remaining Available Amount			$ 630.0
Subsequent Event [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Stock Repurchase Program, Authorized Amount						$ 600.0
Accelerated Share Repurchase Program [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Accelerated Share Repurchase Program - Initial Payment		$ 100.0
Number of shares repurchased	0.1	0.9
Shares received in initial delivery, percentage of total shares expected to be delivered under ASR		90.00%
Cost of shares repurchased	$ 10.0	$ 90.0
Treasury Stock Acquired, Average Cost Per Share					$ 98.48
General repurchase program [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares repurchased			3.8	0.0	2.2
Cost of shares repurchased			$ 470.0	$ 0.0	$ 200.0
Withholding in satisfaction of taxes on vested equity award [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares repurchased			0.3	0.2	0.2
Cost of shares repurchased			$ 32.6	$ 17.1	$ 15.2