const rl = require("readline").createInterface({ input: process.stdin });
var iter = rl[Symbol.asyncIterator]();
const readline = async () => (await iter.next()).value;
function getCount(n, m, k) {
let count = 0;
if (n <= m) {
return count;
}
while (n > m) {
count++;
// 每次判断n是否是k的整数倍,并且要保证n/k后>=m;
if (n % k === 0 && n / k >= m) {
n = n / k;
} else {
n--;
}
}
return count;
}
void async function () {
// Write your code here
while(line = await readline()){
let tokens = line.split(' ');
let n = parseInt(tokens[0]);
let m = parseInt(tokens[1]);
let k = parseInt(tokens[2]);
console.log(getCount(n,m,k));
}
}()