#include <algorithm>
#include <cmath>
#include <complex>
#include <iostream>
#include <map>
#include <queue>
#include <set>
#include <vector>
#include <functional>

using namespace std;

#define rep(i, n) for (int i = 0; i < (int)(n); i++)
#define repr(i, s, n) for (int i = (s); i < (int)(n); i++)

using ll = long long;
using P = pair<int, int>;

const long long MOD = 1e9+7;

template<class T> inline bool chmax(T& a, T b) { if (a < b) { a = b; return 1; } return 0; }
template<class T> inline bool chmin(T& a, T b) { if (a > b) { a = b; return 1; } return 0; }

template<class T>
istream& operator>>(istream &is, vector<T> &v) {
    for (int i = 0; i < (int)v.size(); i++) cin >> v.at(i);
    return is;
}

int main() {
    int n;
    cin >> n;
    vector<int> deg(n);
    rep(i, n - 1) {
        int a, b;
        cin >> a >> b;
        a--; b--;
        deg[a]++;
        deg[b]++;
    }

    int sum = 0;
    rep(i, n) sum += max(0, deg[i] - 2);
    cout << sum << endl;
}