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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Jan. 25, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes
Applied’s effective tax rates for the first quarters of fiscal 2015 and 2014 were 20.4 percent and 19.7 percent, respectively. The effective tax rate for the first quarter of fiscal 2015 was slightly higher than in the same period in the prior year primarily due to resolutions and changes related to income tax liabilities for prior years, partially offset by the benefit from the reinstatement of the U.S. federal research and development tax credit during the first quarter of fiscal 2015 which was retroactive to its expiration in December 2013.