class Tree():
    def __init__(self, n, edge):
        self.n = n
        self.tree = [[] for _ in range(n)]
        for e in edge:
            self.tree[e[0] - 1].append(e[1] - 1)
            self.tree[e[1] - 1].append(e[0] - 1)

    def setroot(self, root):
        self.root = root
        self.parent = [None for _ in range(self.n)]
        self.parent[root] = -1
        self.depth = [None for _ in range(self.n)]
        self.depth[root] = 0
        self.order = []
        self.order.append(root)
        stack = [root]
        while stack:
            node = stack.pop()
            for adj in self.tree[node]:
                if self.parent[adj] is None:
                    self.parent[adj] = node
                    self.depth[adj] = self.depth[node] + 1
                    self.order.append(adj)
                    stack.append(adj)

import sys
input = sys.stdin.readline

N = int(input())
E = [tuple(map(int, input().split())) for _ in range(N - 1)]

tree = Tree(N, E)
tree.setroot(0)

res = 0

for node in range(N):
    if len(tree.tree[node]) > 2:
        res += len(tree.tree[node]) - 2

print(res)