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Fair Value Measurements - Details of Long-Term Debt (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jun. 06, 2017
1.125% Notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Percentage of contractual interest rate on Notes	1.125%
Senior Notes | 5.375% Notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Percentage of contractual interest rate on Notes	5.375%
Senior Notes | 4.875% Notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Percentage of contractual interest rate on Notes	4.875%		4.875%
Convertible Notes | 1.125% Notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Percentage of contractual interest rate on Notes	1.125%	1.125%
Convertible Notes | 1.625% Notes (2)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Percentage of contractual interest rate on Notes	1.625%
Carrying Amount
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value of debt	$ 1,314	$ 1,970
Carrying Amount | Senior Notes | 5.375% Notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value of debt	693	692
Carrying Amount | Senior Notes | 4.875% Notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value of debt	326	325
Carrying Amount | Convertible Notes | 1.125% Notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value of debt	295	496
Carrying Amount | Convertible Notes | 1.625% Notes (2)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value of debt	0	157
Carrying Amount | Credit Facility
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value of debt	0	300
Fair Value
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value of debt	2,178	2,631
Fair Value | Senior Notes | 5.375% Notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value of debt	711	730
Fair Value | Senior Notes | 4.875% Notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value of debt	325	329
Fair Value | Convertible Notes | 1.125% Notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value of debt	1,142	1,052
Fair Value | Convertible Notes | 1.625% Notes (2)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value of debt	0	220
Fair Value | Credit Facility
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value of debt	0	300
Current liabilities: Derivative liability | 1.125% Conversion Option
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	$ 843	$ 522

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