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Goodwill
12 Months Ended
Sep. 27, 2019
Goodwill  
Goodwill

8. Goodwill

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by segment were as follows:

Transportation

Industrial

Communications

    

Solutions

    

Solutions

    

Solutions

    

Total

   

(in millions)

Balance at fiscal year end 2017(1)

$

2,011

$

3,047

$

593

$

5,651

Acquisitions

80

80

Purchase price adjustments

(2)

(2)

Currency translation

 

(18)

 

(21)

 

(6)

 

(45)

Balance at fiscal year end 2018(1)

1,993

3,104

587

5,684

Acquisitions

167

167

Purchase price adjustments

(12)

(12)

Currency translation

(36)

(53)

(10)

(99)

Balance at fiscal year end 2019(1)

$

2,124

$

3,039

$

577

$

5,740

(1)At fiscal year end 2019, 2018, and 2017, accumulated impairment losses for the Transportation Solutions, Industrial Solutions, and Communications Solutions segments were $2,191 million, $669 million, and $489 million, respectively.

We recognized goodwill in fiscal 2019 and 2018 in connection with recent acquisitions. See Note 5 for additional information regarding acquisitions.

We completed our annual goodwill impairment test in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019 and determined that no impairment existed.