CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2016	Jan. 01, 2016
Revenues:
Product	$ 485.2	$ 500.5
Service	278.1	256.6
Total revenues	763.3	757.1
Cost of revenues:
Product	313.3	343.4
Service	115.5	104.0
Total cost of revenues	428.8	447.4
Gross margin	334.5	309.7
Operating expenses:
Research and development	63.1	60.0
Selling, general and administrative	179.8	133.0
Impairment charges	38.3	0.0
Separation costs	14.9	0.0
Total operating expenses	296.1	193.0
Operating earnings	38.4	116.7
Interest income	4.9	3.9
Interest expense	(2.9)	(2.2)
Earnings before taxes	40.4	118.4
Taxes on earnings	19.4	29.4
Net earnings	21.0	89.0
Less: Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests	0.6	0.0
Net earnings attributable to Varian	$ 20.4	$ 89.0
Net earnings per share - basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.22	$ 0.92
Net earnings per share - diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.22	$ 0.91
Shares used in the calculation of net earnings per share:
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic (in shares)	93.5	97.2
Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted (in shares)	94.2	97.8