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Context: table of contents notes to consolidated financial statements ( continued ) note 6 2014shareholders 2019 equity ( continued ) the following table summarizes activity in other comprehensive income related to derivatives , net of taxes , held by the company during the three fiscal years ended september 27 , 2008 ( in millions ) : the tax effect related to the changes in fair value of derivatives was $ ( 5 ) million , $ 1 million , and $ ( 8 ) million for 2008 , 2007 , and 2006 , respectively . the tax effect related to derivative gains/losses reclassified from other comprehensive income to net income was $ ( 9 ) million , $ 2 million , and $ 8 million for 2008 , 2007 , and 2006 , respectively . employee benefit plans 2003 employee stock plan the 2003 employee stock plan ( the 201c2003 plan 201d ) is a shareholder approved plan that provides for broad-based grants to employees , including executive officers . based on the terms of individual option grants , options granted under the 2003 plan generally expire 7 to 10 years after the grant date and generally become exercisable over a period of four years , based on continued employment , with either annual or quarterly vesting . the 2003 plan permits the granting of incentive stock options , nonstatutory stock options , rsus , stock appreciation rights , stock purchase rights and performance-based awards . as of september 27 , 2008 , approximately 50.3 million shares were reserved for future issuance under the 2003 1997 employee stock option plan in august 1997 , the company 2019s board of directors approved the 1997 employee stock option plan ( the 201c1997 plan 201d ) , a non-shareholder approved plan for grants of stock options to employees who are not officers of the company . based on the terms of individual option grants , options granted under the 1997 plan generally expire 7 to 10 years after the grant date and generally become exercisable over a period of four years , based on continued employment , with either annual or quarterly vesting . in october 2003 , the company terminated the 1997 plan and no new options can be granted from this plan . 1997 director stock option plan in august 1997 , the company 2019s board of directors adopted a director stock option plan ( the 201cdirector plan 201d ) for non-employee directors of the company , which was approved by shareholders in 1998 . pursuant to the director plan , the company 2019s non-employee directors are granted an option to acquire 30000 shares of common stock upon their initial election to the board ( 201cinitial options 201d ) . the initial options vest and become exercisable in three equal annual installments on each of the first through third anniversaries of the grant date . on the fourth anniversary of a non-employee director 2019s initial election to the board and on each subsequent anniversary thereafter , the director will be entitled to receive an option to acquire 10000 shares of common stock ( 201cannual options 201d ) . annual options are fully vested and immediately exercisable on their date of grant . options granted under the director plan expire 10 years after the grant date . as of september 27 , 2008 , approximately 290000 shares were reserved for future issuance under the director plan . rule 10b5-1 trading plans the following executive officers , timothy d . cook , peter oppenheimer , philip w . schiller , and bertrand serlet , have entered into trading plans pursuant to rule 10b5-1 ( c ) ( 1 ) of the securities exchange act of 1934 , as amended ( the 201cexchange act 201d ) , as of november 1 , 2008 . a trading plan is a written document that .
||2008|2007|2006|
|changes in fair value of derivatives|$ 7|$ -1 ( 1 )|$ 11|
|adjustment for net gains/ ( losses ) realized and included in net income|12|-2 ( 2 )|-12 ( 12 )|
|change in unrealized gains on derivative instruments|$ 19|$ -3 ( 3 )|$ -1 ( 1 )|
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Question: what was the average change in unrealized gains on derivative instruments?


Answer: The answer is:5.0