/* -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 *
 * 806.cc:  No.806 木を道に - yukicoder
 */

#include<cstdio>
#include<cstdlib>
#include<cstring>
#include<cmath>
#include<iostream>
#include<string>
#include<vector>
#include<map>
#include<set>
#include<stack>
#include<list>
#include<queue>
#include<deque>
#include<algorithm>
#include<numeric>
#include<utility>
#include<complex>
#include<functional>
 
using namespace std;

/* constant */

const int MAX_N = 100000;

/* typedef */

typedef vector<int> vi;

/* global variables */

vi nbrs[MAX_N];

/* subroutines */

/* main */

int main() {
  int n;
  scanf("%d", &n);

  for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) {
    int a, b;
    scanf("%d%d", &a, &b);
    a--, b--;
    nbrs[a].push_back(b);
    nbrs[b].push_back(a);
  }

  int cnt = 0;
  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
    if (nbrs[i].size() > 2) cnt += nbrs[i].size() - 2;
  printf("%d\n", cnt);
  return 0;
}