CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS (LOSS) - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 29, 2017	Dec. 30, 2016
Revenues:
Product	$ 365.6	$ 309.2
Service	312.9	292.3
Total revenues	678.5	601.5
Cost of revenues:
Product	223.9	206.2
Service	151.8	128.3
Total cost of revenues	375.7	334.5
Gross margin	302.8	267.0
Operating expenses:
Research and development	55.9	49.9
Selling, general and administrative	125.5	161.4
Impairment charges	0.0	38.3
Total operating expenses	181.4	249.6
Operating earnings	121.4	17.4
Interest income	3.2	4.8
Interest expense	(2.1)	(2.9)
Earnings from continuing operations before taxes	122.5	19.3
Taxes on earnings	234.7	11.3
Net earnings (loss) from continuing operations	(112.2)	8.0
Net earnings from discontinued operations	0.0	6.5
Net earnings (loss)	(112.2)	14.5
Less: Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests	0.1	0.6
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Varian	$ (112.3)	$ 13.9
Net earnings (loss) per share - basic
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ (1.22)	$ 0.08
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0.00	0.07
Net earnings (loss) per share - basic (in dollars per share)	(1.22)	0.15
Net earnings (loss) per share - diluted
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	(1.22)	0.08
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0.00	0.07
Net earnings (loss) per share - diluted (in dollars per share)	$ (1.22)	$ 0.15
Shares used in the calculation of net earnings per share:
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic (in shares)	91.6	93.5
Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted (in shares)	91.6	94.2