#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define rep(i, n) for (int i = 0; i < (n); ++i)
#define sz(x) int(x.size())
using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;
// const int INF = 1e8;
const ll INF = 1LL << 60;
typedef pair<int, int> P;

ll N;
vector<vector<ll>> G;
ll dp[10010][2];
// dp[v][erase] 
// erase 0: 消さない 1: 消す

void dfs(ll v, ll par = -1) {
    dp[v][0] = 1; dp[v][1] = 0; 
    for (ll i = 0; i < G[v].size(); i++) {
        ll next = G[v][i];
        if (next != par) {
            dfs(next, v);
            // 消さない
            dp[v][0] += max(dp[next][0] - 1, dp[next][1]);

            // 消す
            dp[v][1] += max(dp[next][0], dp[next][1]);
        }
    }
}

int main() {
    cin >> N;
    G.resize(N);

    rep(i, N - 1) {
        ll u, v;
        cin >> u >> v;
        u--; v--;
        G[u].push_back(v);
        G[v].push_back(u);
    }

    dfs(0);

    cout << max(dp[0][0], dp[0][1]) << endl;
}