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The price per share of the conversion feature embedded in the debt instrument.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Net Income (Loss) Per Share - Schedule of Debt Conversions (Details) - $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2023	Apr. 02, 2022	Apr. 01, 2022	Mar. 18, 2022	May 20, 2021	Apr. 02, 2021	May 26, 2020	Mar. 05, 2020	Feb. 04, 2020	Jan. 31, 2020	Nov. 11, 2019
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Stated interest rate		2.00%
Convertible debt \| New 2.5% Convertible Senior Notes due April 1, 2022
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	2.50%				2.50%			2.50%	2.50%		2.50%
Dilutive earnings per share (in dollars per share)					$ 24.40	$ 16.77		$ 19	$ 16.77	$ 8.40
Convertible debt \| New 2.0% Convertible Senior Notes due August 15, 2022
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	2.00%			2.00%			2.00%		2.00%		2.00%
Dilutive earnings per share (in dollars per share)			$ 20.41	$ 28.32		$ 20.41	$ 19.25		$ 20.41	$ 10.23