Debt (Components of Long-Term Debt Including Associated Interest Rates and Related Fair Values) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 29, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total	$ 11,238.3	$ 9,548.4
Total, Estimated Fair Value	12,033.0	9,322.0
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) and Debt Issuance Costs, Net	(83.1)	(69.3)
Hedging Liabilities, Noncurrent	11.8	(39.0)
Total, Carrying Value, net of aggregate unamortized discount	11,167.0	9,440.1
Two Point Zero Percentage Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face value of Senior Notes	$ 0.0	350.0
Stated Interest Rate	2.00%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage	2.012%
Two Point Two Percentage Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face value of Senior Notes	$ 500.0	500.0
Stated Interest Rate	2.20%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage	2.228%
Two Point One Percentage Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face value of Senior Notes	$ 500.0	500.0
Face amount from reopening of previous Senior Notes	$ 250.0	250.0
Stated Interest Rate	2.10%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage	2.293%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage for Reopening of Previous Issuance	1.60%
Two Point Seven Percentage Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face value of Senior Notes	$ 500.0	500.0
Stated Interest Rate	2.70%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage	2.819%
Three Point Eight Percentage Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face value of Senior Notes	$ 1,250.0	1,250.0
Stated Interest Rate	3.80%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage	3.721%
Four Point Zero Percentage Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face value of Senior Notes	$ 750.0	750.0
Stated Interest Rate	4.00%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage	3.958%
Three Point Five Five Percentage Senior Notes [Member] [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face value of Senior Notes	$ 1,000.0	0.0
Stated Interest Rate	3.55%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage	3.871%
Four Point Five Percentage Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face value of Senior Notes	$ 1,000.0	1,000.0
Stated Interest Rate	4.50%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage	4.504%
Three Point One Percentage Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face value of Senior Notes	$ 1,000.0	1,000.0
Stated Interest Rate	3.10%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage	3.107%
Three Point Five Percentage Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face value of Senior Notes	$ 600.0	600.0
Stated Interest Rate	3.50%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage	3.529%
Three Point Eight Five Percentage Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face value of Senior Notes	$ 750.0	750.0
Stated Interest Rate	3.85%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage	2.859%
PointThreeSevenTwoPercentageYenDenominatedSeniorNotes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face value of Senior Notes	$ 788.3	748.4
Stated Interest Rate	0.372%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage	0.462%
Two Point Four Five Percentage Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face value of Senior Notes	$ 500.0	500.0
Stated Interest Rate	2.45%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage	2.511%
Four Point Three Percentage Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face value of Senior Notes	$ 350.0	350.0
Stated Interest Rate	4.30%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage	4.348%
Three Point Seven Five Percentage Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face value of Senior Notes	$ 500.0	500.0
Stated Interest Rate	3.75%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage	3.765%
Four Point Four Five Percentage Senior Notes [Member] [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face value of Senior Notes	$ 1,000.0	0.0
Stated Interest Rate	4.45%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage	4.433%
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] \| Two Point Zero Percentage Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Fair Value Disclosure	$ 0.0	350.0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] \| Two Point Two Percentage Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Fair Value Disclosure	501.0	490.0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] \| Two Point One Percentage Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Fair Value Disclosure	500.0	489.0
Estimated Fair Value for reopening of previous Senior Notes	250.0	244.0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] \| Two Point Seven Percentage Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Fair Value Disclosure	509.0	486.0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] \| Three Point Eight Percentage Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Fair Value Disclosure	1,351.0	1,249.0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] \| Four Point Zero Percentage Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Fair Value Disclosure	837.0	754.0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] \| Three Point Five Five Percentage Senior Notes [Member] [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Fair Value Disclosure	1,080.0	0.0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] \| Four Point Five Percentage Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Fair Value Disclosure	1,160.0	977.0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] \| Three Point One Percentage Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Fair Value Disclosure	1,033.0	986.0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] \| Three Point Five Percentage Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Fair Value Disclosure	644.0	576.0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] \| Three Point Eight Five Percentage Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Fair Value Disclosure	798.0	759.0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] \| PointThreeSevenTwoPercentageYenDenominatedSeniorNotes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Fair Value Disclosure	795.0	743.0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] \| Two Point Four Five Percentage Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Fair Value Disclosure	502.0	451.0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] \| Four Point Three Percentage Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Fair Value Disclosure	390.0	330.0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] \| Three Point Seven Five Percentage Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Fair Value Disclosure	518.0	438.0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] \| Four Point Four Five Percentage Senior Notes [Member] [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Fair Value Disclosure	$ 1,165.0	$ 0.0

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