5 3
 1000 3
 777 17
 4 3
 2 2
 100 4
 10 4
 999 2
 6 4
 1 2
 17 3
 1 4
 26 8
 91 5
 1 3
 1000 2
 20 3
 9 4
 123 5
 1000 1000
 3 2
 3 3
 80 970
 1000 4
 1 1000

7
 1499
 825
 5
 3
 133
 13
 1997
 7
 1
 25
 1
 29
 113
 1
 1999
 29
 11
 153
 1001
 5
 4
 80
 1333
 1

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;


public class NewYearCandles {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(System.out);
        StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(in.readLine());
        int a = Integer.parseInt(st.nextToken());
        int b = Integer.parseInt(st.nextToken());
        int res = a;
        while(a>=b){
            res += a/b;
            a = (a/b)+(a%b);
        }
        out.println(res);
        in.close();
        out.close();
    }

}
