using System;
using static System.Console;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections.Generic;

class Program
{
    static int NN => int.Parse(ReadLine());
    static int[] NMi => ReadLine().Split().Select(c => int.Parse(c) - 1).ToArray();
    static int[][] NMap(int n) => Enumerable.Repeat(0, n).Select(_ => NMi).ToArray();
    public static void Main()
    {
        Solve();
    }
    static void Solve()
    {
        var n = NN;
        var map = NMap(n - 1);
        var tree = new List<int>[n];
        for (var i = 0; i < n; ++i) tree[i] = new List<int>();
        foreach (var edge in map)
        {
            tree[edge[0]].Add(edge[1]);
            tree[edge[1]].Add(edge[0]);
        }
        var ans = 0;
        for (var i = 0; i < n; ++i) ans += Math.Max(0, tree[i].Count - 2);
        WriteLine(ans);
    }
}