CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS (LOSS) - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 30, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 30, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017
Revenues:
Product	$ 393.8	$ 364.9	$ 759.4	$ 674.1
Service	336.1	298.3	649.0	590.6
Total revenues	729.9	663.2	1,408.4	1,264.7
Cost of revenues:
Product	264.2	246.9	488.1	453.1
Service	147.2	140.7	299.0	269.0
Total cost of revenues	411.4	387.6	787.1	722.1
Gross margin	318.5	275.6	621.3	542.6
Operating expenses:
Research and development	58.9	53.3	114.8	103.2
Selling, general and administrative	134.5	131.6	258.5	292.7
Impairment charges	11.1	0.0	11.1	38.3
Acquisition-related expenses	19.7	0.6	21.2	0.9
Total operating expenses	224.2	185.5	405.6	435.1
Operating earnings	94.3	90.1	215.7	107.5
Interest income	3.6	2.7	6.8	7.5
Interest expense	(2.3)	(2.4)	(4.4)	(5.3)
Earnings from continuing operations before taxes	95.6	90.4	218.1	109.7
Taxes on earnings	22.4	20.9	257.1	32.2
Net earnings (loss) from continuing operations	73.2	69.5	(39.0)	77.5
Net loss from discontinued operations	0.0	(13.3)	0.0	(6.8)
Net earnings (loss)	73.2	56.2	(39.0)	70.7
Less: Net (loss) earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests	0.0	(0.1)	0.1	0.5
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Varian	$ 73.2	$ 56.3	$ (39.1)	$ 70.2
Net earnings (loss) per share - basic
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.80	$ 0.75	$ (0.43)	$ 0.83
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0.00	(0.15)	0.00	(0.08)
Net earnings (loss) per share - basic (in dollars per share)	0.80	0.60	(0.43)	0.75
Net earnings (loss) per share - diluted
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	0.79	0.74	(0.43)	0.82
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0.00	(0.14)	0.00	(0.08)
Net earnings (loss) per share - diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.79	$ 0.60	$ (0.43)	$ 0.74
Shares used in the calculation of net earnings per share:
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic (in shares)	91.5	93.0	91.6	93.2
Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted (in shares)	92.6	93.7	91.6	93.9