CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 29, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016	Oct. 02, 2015
Revenues:
Product	$ 1,555.5	$ 1,583.9	$ 1,497.1
Service	1,112.7	1,037.2	993.6
Total revenues	2,668.2	2,621.1	2,490.7
Cost of revenues:
Product	1,025.3	1,071.3	1,035.3
Service	487.3	436.9	423.3
Total cost of revenues	1,512.6	1,508.2	1,458.6
Gross margin	1,155.6	1,112.9	1,032.1
Operating expenses:
Research and development	210.0	200.4	195.4
Selling, general and administrative	552.3	475.3	441.0
Impairment charges	51.4	2.2	0.0
Total operating expenses	813.7	677.9	636.4
Operating earnings	341.9	435.0	395.7
Interest income	13.6	17.2	13.5
Interest expense	(10.7)	(11.6)	(7.9)
Earnings from continuing operations before taxes	344.8	440.6	401.3
Taxes on earnings	87.7	115.3	89.9
Net earnings from continuing operations	257.1	325.3	311.4
Net earnings (loss) from discontinued operations	(6.8)	77.4	100.6
Net earnings	250.3	402.7	412.0
Less: Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests	0.7	0.4	0.5
Net earnings attributable to Varian	$ 249.6	$ 402.3	$ 411.5
Net earnings (loss) per share - basic
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 2.78	$ 3.41	$ 3.13
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	(0.08)	0.81	1.00
Net earnings per share - basic (in dollars per share)	2.70	4.22	4.13
Net earnings (loss) per share - diluted
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	2.75	3.39	3.10
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	(0.07)	0.80	0.99
Net earnings per share - diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 2.68	$ 4.19	$ 4.09
Shares used in the calculation of net earnings per share:
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic (in shares)	92.5	95.4	99.7
Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted (in shares)	93.2	96.0	100.6