
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

public class P199C {

    static boolean multipleIndependent = false;

    void run() {
        long k = in.nextInt(), b = in.nextInt(), n = in.nextInt(), t = in.nextInt();
        int nn = 0;
        long x = 1;
        while (x * k + b < t) {
            nn++;
            x = x * k + b;
        }
        if (x * k + b == t) {
            nn += 1;
        }
        out.println(Math.max(0, n - nn));
    }

    /* -----: Template :----- */
    static InputReader in;
    static PrintWriter out;

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try (PrintWriter o = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(System.out)))) {
            in = new InputReader(System.in);
            out = o;
            int q = multipleIndependent ? in.nextInt() : 1;
            while (q-- > 0) {
                new P199C().run();
            }
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    static Integer[] toWrapper(int[] arr) {
        Integer[] res = new Integer[arr.length];
        for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
            res[i] = arr[i];
        }
        return res;
    }

    static Integer[][] toWrapper(int[][] arr) {
        Integer[][] res = new Integer[arr.length][];
        for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
            res[i] = toWrapper(arr[i]);
        }
        return res;
    }

    static Long[] toWrapper(long[] arr) {
        Long[] res = new Long[arr.length];
        for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
            res[i] = arr[i];
        }
        return res;
    }

    static Long[][] toWrapper(long[][] arr) {
        Long[][] res = new Long[arr.length][];
        for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
            res[i] = toWrapper(arr[i]);
        }
        return res;
    }

    static class InputReader {

        private final BufferedReader reader;
        private StringTokenizer tokenizer;

        public InputReader(InputStream stream) {
            int bufferSize = 32 * 1024;
            reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream), bufferSize);
            tokenizer = null;
        }

        public String next() {
            while (tokenizer == null || !tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
                try {
                    tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(reader.readLine());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
                }
            }
            return tokenizer.nextToken();
        }

        public String nextLine() {
            if (true) {
                throw new RuntimeException("nextLine: not tested");
            }
            while (tokenizer == null || !tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
                try {
                    tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(reader.readLine());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
                }
            }
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            return tokenizer.nextToken("\n");
        }

        public int nextInt() {
            return Integer.parseInt(next());
        }

        public long nextLong() {
            return Long.parseLong(next());
        }

        public int[] nextIntArray(int n) {
            int[] arr = new int[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                arr[i] = nextInt();
            }
            return arr;
        }

        public long[] nextLongArray(int n) {
            long[] arr = new long[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                arr[i] = nextLong();
            }
            return arr;
        }

        public int[][] nextIntMap(int n, int m) {
            int[][] map = new int[n][m];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                map[i] = nextIntArray(m);
            }
            return map;
        }

        public long[][] nextLongMap(int n, int m) {
            long[][] map = new long[n][m];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                map[i] = nextLongArray(m);
            }
            return map;
        }

        public char[][] nextCharMap(int n) {
            char[][] map = new char[n][];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                map[i] = next().toCharArray();
            }
            return map;
        }
    }
}
