Shares that would have been included in diluted earnings per share calculation.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Number of shares of common stock outstanding. Common stock represent the ownership interest in a corporation.

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Additional shares included in the calculation of diluted EPS as a result of the potentially dilutive effect of accelerated share repurchase agreements. An accelerated share repurchase program is a combination of transactions that permits an entity to purchase a targeted number of shares immediately with the final purchase price of those shares determined by an average market price over a fixed period of time.

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Earnings Per Share - Additional Information (Details) - shares	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2018
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Common stock outstanding (in shares)	432,855,183		483,000,000
Incremental Common Shares Attributable to Dilutive Effect of Accelerated Share Repurchase Agreements	55,000,000
Mandatory convertible preferred stock
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Shares that would have been included in diluted earnings per share calculation (in shares)		30,000,000
Convertible notes
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Shares that would have been included in diluted earnings per share calculation (in shares)		14,000,000
Stock Options
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Shares that would have been included in diluted earnings per share calculation (in shares)		1,000,000
Stock awards
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Shares that would have been included in diluted earnings per share calculation (in shares)		5,000,000