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Employeeincentiveplansoptionscontractuallifemaximum - maximum number of years for the company's stock options before they expire

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Equity Incentive Plan Performance Based Share Awards Vesting - Vesting for performance based awards

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ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardPercentOfMarketPrice

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Amount of cost capitalized for award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Amount of cost not yet recognized for nonvested award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Weighted-average period over which cost not yet recognized is expected to be recognized for award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of noncash expense for share-based payment arrangement.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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Number of shares authorized for issuance under share-based payment arrangement.

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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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Number of options outstanding, including both vested and non-vested options.

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Number of shares issued during the period as a result of an employee stock purchase plan.

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Stockholders' Equity (Employee Stock Benefit Plans) (Details) - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022	Oct. 01, 2021	Oct. 02, 2020
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares authorized (in shares)	81.8
Shares available for grant (in shares)	14.1
Employee Contributions To ESPP	10.00%
Capitalized stock based compensation	$ 6.8	$ 9.8	$ 10.6
Share-based compensation	$ 195.2	$ 191.9	$ 156.6
Director Long Term Incentive Plan 2008 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares authorized (in shares)	1.5
Shares available for grant (in shares)	0.6
Stock Compensation Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares authorized (in shares)	24.5
Options outstanding (in shares)	0.1
Shares available for grant (in shares)	12.1
Equity incentive plan performance shares maximum vesting period	3 years
Employee Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares authorized (in shares)	11.6
ESPP shares issued (in shares)	0.3	0.2	0.3
Shares available for grant (in shares)	1.4
Percent of market price	85.00%
Share-based compensation	$ 9.2	$ 8.7	$ 6.6
Unrecognized Compensation Cost for unvested awards	$ 3.4
Weighted average remaining recognition period (in years)	4 months
Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized Compensation Cost for unvested awards	$ 208.2
Weighted average remaining recognition period (in years)	2 years 7 months 6 days
Restricted Stock [Member] \| Director Long Term Incentive Plan 2008 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	1 year
Restricted Stock [Member] \| Long Term Incentive Plan 2015 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years
Stock Options [Member] \| Director Long Term Incentive Plan 2008 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Contractual life maximum	10 years
Vesting period	4 years
Stock Options [Member] \| Long Term Incentive Plan 2015 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Contractual life maximum	7 years
Vesting period	4 years
Performance Shares [Member] \| Long Term Incentive Plan 2015 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	1 year