# python template for atcoder1
import sys
sys.setrecursionlimit(10**9)
input = sys.stdin.readline

N = int(input())
adj = [[] for _ in range(N)]

for _ in range(N-1):
    a, b = map(lambda x: int(x)-1, input().split())
    adj[a].append(b)
    adj[b].append(a)

ans = 0
for l in adj:
    ans += max(0, len(l)-2)
print(ans)