#include<algorithm>
#include<complex>
#include<ctype.h>
#include<iomanip>
#include<iostream>
#include<fstream>
#include<map>
#include<math.h>
#include<numeric>
#include<queue>
#include<set>
#include<stack>
#include<stdio.h>
#include<string>
#include<string>
#include<vector>

using namespace std;
typedef long long ll;

#define FOR(i,a,b) for(ll i=(a);i<(b);++i)
#define ALL(v) (v).begin(), (v).end()
#define p(s) cout<<(s)<<endl
#define p2(s, t) cout << (s) << " " << (t) << endl
#define br() p("")
#define pn(s) cout << (#s) << " " << (s) << endl
#define p_yes() p("Yes")
#define p_no() p("No")

const ll mod = 1e9 + 7;
const ll inf = 1e18;

int main(){
    cin.tie(0);
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);

    // input
    ll N;
    cin >> N;

    // degree
    vector<ll> D(N);

    FOR(i, 0, N-1){
        ll a, b;
        cin >> a >> b;
        a--;
        b--;
        
        D[a]++;
        D[b]++;
    }

    ll sum = 0;
    FOR(i, 0, N){
        sum += max(D[i]-2, 0LL);
    }
    p(sum);
    
    return 0;
}