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Assets Held for Sale Activity (Detail) $ in Millions | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |
Beginning Balance | $ 23
Disposition | (23)
Ending Balance | $ 0

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- Definition Amount of assets held-for-sale that are not part of a disposal group, expected to be sold within a year or the normal operating cycle, if longer. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 15 -Paragraph 4 -Subparagraph (b)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77912953&loc=d3e400-110220 + Details
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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. + References No definition available. + Details
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