Income Taxes - Schedule of Reconciliations of Income Tax Expense at U.S. Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2024	Aug. 31, 2023	Aug. 31, 2022
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
U.S. federal statutory income tax rate	21.00%	21.00%	21.00%
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit	(0.30%)	0.20%	0.70%
Impact of foreign tax rates	0.10%	(1.80%)	(4.00%)
Permanent differences	0.50%	(0.50%)	1.20%
Income tax credits	(0.70%)	(0.50%)	(0.50%)
Valuation allowance	3.50%	1.10%	(3.30%)
Equity compensation	(0.40%)	0.50%	(0.50%)
Impact of intercompany charges and dividends	(0.70%)	2.40%	3.60%
Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income	1.90%	0.80%	1.10%
Change in indefinite reinvestment assertion	0.40%	11.70%	0.00%
Divestiture of the Mobility Business	(5.90%)	0.00%	0.00%
Other, net	1.30%	0.30%	(0.20%)
Effective income tax rate	20.70%	35.20%	19.10%
Income tax benefit on income from subsidiaries	$ 54	$ 74	$ 80
Per basic share income tax benefit on income from subsidiaries (in dollars per share)	$ 0.44	$ 0.56	$ 0.57
Income tax expense associated with remeasurement, increase (decrease) of deferred tax assets			$ 26
Foreign Tax Authority
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Income tax expense associated with remeasurement, increase (decrease) of deferred tax assets	$ (20)
Domestic Tax Authority
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Income tax expense associated with remeasurement, increase (decrease) of deferred tax assets	$ 27