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Dividends	12 Months Ended
Dividends	Mar. 31, 2024
Dividends [Abstract]
Dividends	Dividends In October 2002, the Company announced that its Board of Directors had approved and instituted a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock. The Company has continued to pay quarterly dividends and has increased the amount of such dividends on a regular basis. Cash dividends paid per share were $1.682, $1.263 and $0.910 during fiscal 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Total dividend payments amounted to $911.5 million, $695.3 million and $503.8 million during fiscal 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.