#!/bin/python import sys import math def comb(n,r): f = math.factorial return f(n)/f(r)/f(n-r) def countArray(n, k, x): # Return the number of ways to fill in the array. all = 1 for i in range(n-1): all*=(k-1) return 3 if __name__ == "__main__": n, k, x = raw_input().strip().split(' ') n, k, x = [int(n), int(k), int(x)] answer = countArray(n, k, x) print answer