#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#pragma GCC optimize("Ofast")
using namespace std;
using std::cout;
using std::cin;
using std::endl;
using ll=long long;
using ld=long double;
ll I=1167167167167167167;
ll Q=1e9+7;
#define rep(i,a) for (ll i=0;i<a;i++)
template<class T> using _pq = priority_queue<T, vector<T>, greater<T>>;
template<class T> ll LB(vector<T> &v,T a){return lower_bound(v.begin(),v.end(),a)-v.begin();}
template<class T> ll UB(vector<T> &v,T a){return upper_bound(v.begin(),v.end(),a)-v.begin();}
template<class T> bool chmin(T &a,const T &b){if(a>b){a=b;return 1;}else return 0;}
template<class T> bool chmax(T &a,const T &b){if(a<b){a=b;return 1;}else return 0;}
template<class T> void So(vector<T> &v) {sort(v.begin(),v.end());}
template<class T> void Sore(vector<T> &v) {sort(v.begin(),v.end(),[](T x,T y){return x>y;});}
template<class T> void print_tate(vector<T> &v) {rep(i,v.size()) cout<<v[i]<<"\n";}
void yneos(bool a){if(a) cout<<"Yes"<<"\n"; else cout<<"No"<<"\n";}

ll jyo(ll x,ll y,ll z){
  ll H=y; //ここから
       ll a=1,b=x,c=1;
       while(H>0){
         a*=2;
         if(H%a!=0){
           H-=a/2;
           c*=b;
           c%=z;
         }
        b*=b;
         b%=z;
      } //ここまで
 return c;
}


//Nの正の約数を列挙する
vector<long long> Divisors(long long N){
    vector<long long> p,q;
    long long i=1,K=0;
    while(i*i<N){
        if(N%i==0){
            p.push_back(i);
            q.push_back(N/i);
            K++;
        }
        i++;
    }
    if(i*i==N) p.push_back(i);
    for(int i=K-1;i>=0;i--){
        p.push_back(q[i]);
    }
    return p;
}

//おちこんだりもしたけれど、私はげんきです。
int main() {
	ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
	cin.tie(nullptr);

	int N;
	cin>>N;
	int c[N];
	vector<int> seen={0};
	vector<vector<int>> G(N);
	rep(i,N-1){
		c[i+1]=-1;
		int a,b;
		cin>>a>>b;
		a--,b--;
		G[a].push_back(b);
		G[b].push_back(a);
	}
	c[0]=0;
	int A=0,B=0;
	rep(i,N){
		int a=seen[i];
		if(c[a]==0) A++;
		else B++;
		for(auto x:G[a]){
			if(c[x]==-1){
				seen.push_back(x);
				c[x]=(c[a]^1);
			}
		}
	}
	//cout<<A<<B<<endl;
	cout<<min(A,B)<<endl;
}