import java.io.*;
import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.util.InputMismatchException;

public class Main {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		long time_beg = -1;
		InputStream inputStream = System.in;
		OutputStream outputStream = System.out;
		if (args.length > 0 && args[0].equals("outside")) {
			time_beg = System.currentTimeMillis();
			try {
				inputStream = new FileInputStream("io/in.txt");
//				outputStream = new FileOutputStream("io/out.txt");
			} catch (Exception e) {
				System.err.println(e);
				System.exit(1);
			}
		} else {
//			try {
//				inputStream = new FileInputStream("file_name");
//				outputStream = new FileOutputStream("file_name");
//			} catch (Exception e) {
//				System.err.println(e);
//				System.exit(1);
//			}
		}
		Solver s = new Solver();
		s.in = new InputReader(inputStream);
		s.out = new OutputWriter(outputStream);
		s.solve();
		s.out.close();
		if (args.length > 0 && args[0].equals("outside")) {
			System.err.printf("*** Total time: %.3f ***\n", (System.currentTimeMillis() - time_beg) / 1000.0);
		}
	}
}

class OutputWriter {
	private final PrintWriter writer;

	public OutputWriter(OutputStream outputStream) {
		writer = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(outputStream)));
	}

	public OutputWriter(Writer writer) {
		this.writer = new PrintWriter(writer);
	}

	public void print(Object... objects) {
		for (int i = 0; i < objects.length; i++) {
			if (i != 0)
				writer.print(' ');
			writer.print(objects[i]);
		}
	}

	public void printLine(Object... objects) {
		print(objects);
		writer.println();
	}

	public void printLine(char[] array) {
		writer.println(array);
	}

	public void printFormat(String format, Object... objects) {
		writer.printf(format, objects);
	}

	public void close() {
		writer.close();
	}

	public void flush() {
		writer.flush();
	}
}

class InputReader {
	private boolean finished = false;

	private InputStream stream;
	private byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
	private int curChar;
	private int numChars;

	public InputReader(InputStream stream) {
		this.stream = stream;
	}

	private int read() {
		if (numChars == -1)
			throw new InputMismatchException();
		if (curChar >= numChars) {
			curChar = 0;
			try {
				numChars = stream.read(buf);
			} catch (IOException e) {
				throw new InputMismatchException();
			}
			if (numChars <= 0)
				return -1;
		}
		return buf[curChar++];
	}

	public int peek() {
		if (numChars == -1)
			return -1;
		if (curChar >= numChars) {
			curChar = 0;
			try {
				numChars = stream.read(buf);
			} catch (IOException e) {
				return -1;
			}
			if (numChars <= 0)
				return -1;
		}
		return buf[curChar];
	}

	public int readInt() {
		int c = read();
		while (isSpaceChar(c))
			c = read();
		int sgn = 1;
		if (c == '-') {
			sgn = -1;
			c = read();
		}
		int res = 0;
		do {
			if (c < '0' || c > '9')
				throw new InputMismatchException();
			res *= 10;
			res += c - '0';
			c = read();
		} while (!isSpaceChar(c));
		return res * sgn;
	}

	public long readLong() {
		int c = read();
		while (isSpaceChar(c))
			c = read();
		int sgn = 1;
		if (c == '-') {
			sgn = -1;
			c = read();
		}
		long res = 0;
		do {
			if (c < '0' || c > '9')
				throw new InputMismatchException();
			res *= 10;
			res += c - '0';
			c = read();
		} while (!isSpaceChar(c));
		return res * sgn;
	}

	public String readString() {
		int c = read();
		while (isSpaceChar(c))
			c = read();
		StringBuilder res = new StringBuilder();
		do {
			res.appendCodePoint(c);
			c = read();
		} while (!isSpaceChar(c));
		return res.toString();
	}

	public static boolean isSpaceChar(int c) {
		return c == ' ' || c == '\n' || c == '\r' || c == '\t' || c == -1;
	}

	private String readLine0() {
		StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
		int c = read();
		while (c != '\n' && c != -1) {
			if (c != '\r')
				buf.appendCodePoint(c);
			c = read();
		}
		return buf.toString();
	}

	public String readLine() {
		String s = readLine0();
		while (s.trim().length() == 0)
			s = readLine0();
		return s;
	}

	public String readLine(boolean ignoreEmptyLines) {
		if (ignoreEmptyLines)
			return readLine();
		else
			return readLine0();
	}

	public BigInteger readBigInteger() {
		try {
			return new BigInteger(readString());
		} catch (NumberFormatException e) {
			throw new InputMismatchException();
		}
	}

	public char readCharacter() {
		int c = read();
		while (isSpaceChar(c))
			c = read();
		return (char) c;
	}

	public double readDouble() {
		int c = read();
		while (isSpaceChar(c))
			c = read();
		int sgn = 1;
		if (c == '-') {
			sgn = -1;
			c = read();
		}
		double res = 0;
		while (!isSpaceChar(c) && c != '.') {
			if (c == 'e' || c == 'E')
				return res * Math.pow(10, readInt());
			if (c < '0' || c > '9')
				throw new InputMismatchException();
			res *= 10;
			res += c - '0';
			c = read();
		}
		if (c == '.') {
			c = read();
			double m = 1;
			while (!isSpaceChar(c)) {
				if (c == 'e' || c == 'E')
					return res * Math.pow(10, readInt());
				if (c < '0' || c > '9')
					throw new InputMismatchException();
				m /= 10;
				res += (c - '0') * m;
				c = read();
			}
		}
		return res * sgn;
	}

	public boolean isExhausted() {
		int value;
		while (isSpaceChar(value = peek()) && value != -1)
			read();
		return value == -1;
	}
}

class Solver {
	InputReader in;
	OutputWriter out;

	void solve() {
		long a = in.readLong();
		long b = in.readLong();
		long n = in.readLong();
		long start = in.readLong();
		long x = 1;
		while (x * a + b <= start) {
			--n;
			if (n == 0) break;
			x = a * x + b;
		}
		out.printLine(n);
	}
}