#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>
int main(void)
{
int k, count, len;
char ch[1005];
while (scanf("%s %d", ch, &k) != EOF) {
count = 0;
if (strlen(ch) < k) {
printf("impossible\n");
continue;
}
for (int i = 0; i < strlen(ch); i++) {
for (int j = i+1; j < strlen(ch); j++) {
if (ch[i] == ch[j]) {
count++;
break;
}
}
}
len = strlen(ch) - count;
if (len >= k) {
printf("0\n");
} else if ((k - len) <= count) {
printf("%d\n", k-len);
} else {
printf("impossible\n");
}
}
return 0;
}