#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
template <class T>
void splitstr(const string &s, vector<T> &out) {
  istringstream in(s);
  out.clear();
  copy(istream_iterator<T>(in), istream_iterator<T>(), back_inserter(out));
}
template <class T>
T gcd(T a, T b) {
  return b ? gcd(b, a % b) : a;
}
static void redirect(int argc, const char **argv) {
  if (argc > 1) {
    static filebuf f;
    f.open(argv[1], ios::in);
    cin.rdbuf(&f);
    if (!cin) {
      cerr << "Failed to open '" << argv[1] << "'" << endl;
      exit(1);
    }
  }
  if (argc > 2) {
    static filebuf f;
    f.open(argv[2], ios::out | ios::trunc);
    cout.rdbuf(&f);
    if (!cout) {
      cerr << "Failed to open '" << argv[2] << "'" << endl;
    }
  }
}
int main(int argc, const char **argv) {
  redirect(argc, argv);
  long long k, b, n, t;
  cin >> k >> b >> n >> t;
  long long steps = n;
  long long x = 1;
  while (k * x + b <= t) {
    x = k * x + b;
    steps--;
  }
  if (steps < 0) steps = 0;
  cout << steps << '\n';
  return 0;
}
