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Equity (Details Textual) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 28, 2020 $ / shares shares	Mar. 30, 2019 $ / shares	Mar. 28, 2020 USD ($) class_of_stock vote $ / shares shares	Mar. 30, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($) $ / shares
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Number of classes of stock | class_of_stock			2
Conversion of Stock, Conversion Ratio			1
Conversion of Stock, Shares Converted			1.0
Quarterly dividend per share | $ / shares	$ 0.6875	$ 0.625	$ 2.75	$ 2.50	$ 2.00
Dividends paid | $			$ 203.9	$ 190.7	$ 162.4
Common stock, Class A
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock authorized to be issued	500.0		500.0
Number of votes per share | vote			1
Common stock, Class B
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock authorized to be issued	100.0		100.0
Number of votes per share | vote			10

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