CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Apr. 01, 2016	Mar. 31, 2017	Apr. 01, 2016
Revenues:
Product	$ 386.1	$ 361.3	$ 729.7	$ 728.7
Service	268.9	253.9	537.1	502.3
Total revenues	655.0	615.2	1,266.8	1,231.0
Cost of revenues:
Product	254.2	248.1	478.6	509.1
Service	125.5	109.0	237.2	211.3
Total cost of revenues	379.7	357.1	715.8	720.4
Gross margin	275.3	258.1	551.0	510.6
Operating expenses:
Research and development	53.3	49.0	103.2	96.6
Selling, general and administrative	132.2	106.1	293.6	222.7
Impairment charges	0.0	0.0	38.3	0.0
Total operating expenses	185.5	155.1	435.1	319.3
Operating earnings	89.8	103.0	115.9	191.3
Interest income	2.7	4.3	7.5	8.2
Interest expense	(2.4)	(3.3)	(5.3)	(5.5)
Earnings from continuing operations before taxes	90.1	104.0	118.1	194.0
Taxes on earnings	20.8	26.8	34.3	44.9
Net earnings from continuing operations	69.3	77.2	83.8	149.1
Net (loss) earnings from discontinued operations	(13.3)	19.8	(6.8)	36.9
Net earnings	56.0	97.0	77.0	186.0
Less: Net earnings (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	(0.1)	0.0	0.5	0.0
Net earnings attributable to Varian	$ 56.1	$ 97.0	$ 76.5	$ 186.0
Net earnings per share - basic - Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.75	$ 0.81	$ 0.90	$ 1.55
Net earnings per share - basic - Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	(0.15)	0.20	(0.08)	0.38
Net earnings per share - basic (in dollars per share)	0.60	1.01	0.82	1.93
Net earnings per share - diluted - Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	0.74	0.80	0.89	1.54
Net earnings per share - diluted - Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	(0.14)	0.21	(0.08)	0.38
Net earnings per share - diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.60	$ 1.01	$ 0.81	$ 1.92
Shares used in the calculation of net earnings per share:
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic (in shares)	93.0	95.7	93.2	96.5
Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted (in shares)	93.7	96.2	93.9	97.1