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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The profit or loss on sales of previously unissued stock by subsidiaries or equity investees made to investors outside the consolidated group that is not reported as operating income. Represents the difference in the parent company's carrying amount of the equity interest in the subsidiary or equity investee immediately before and after the transaction.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (b)
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The parent entity's interest in net assets of the subsidiary, expressed as a percentage.

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- Definition

Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 18
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123359005&loc=d3e8672-108599

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Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies (Details) R$ in Millions, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2022 BRL (R$)	Feb. 28, 2022 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2022 segment
Franchisor Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments			2
Gain on sale of previously unissued stock by subsidiary or equity investee, nonoperating income	R$ 10.0	$ 2
Consolidated Subsidiary
Franchisor Disclosure [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage by parent			7.00%