#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iomanip>
#include <vector>
#include <queue>
#include <set>
#include <map>
#include <tuple>
#include <cmath>
#include <numeric>
#include <functional>
#include <cassert>

#define debug_value(x) cerr << "line" << __LINE__ << ":<" << __func__ << ">:" << #x << "=" << x << endl;
#define debug(x) cerr << "line" << __LINE__ << ":<" << __func__ << ">:" << x << endl;

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; }

using namespace std;
typedef long long ll;

vector<int> g[100000];
bool used[100000];
int col[100000];

void dfs(int v, int c){
    used[v] = true;
    col[v] = c;
    for(int to: g[v]){
        if(!used[to]) dfs(to, c^1);
    }
}

int main(){
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(0);
    cout << setprecision(10) << fixed;
    int n; cin >> n;
    for(int i = 0; i < n-1; i++){
        int u, v; cin >> u >> v; u--; v--;
        g[u].push_back(v);
        g[v].push_back(u);
    }
    dfs(0, 0);
    vector<int> cnt(2);
    for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) cnt[col[i]]++;
    int mn = min(cnt[0], cnt[1]);
    cout << mn << endl;
}