import sys

# sys.setrecursionlimit(200005)
int1 = lambda x: int(x)-1
p2D = lambda x: print(*x, sep="\n")
def II(): return int(sys.stdin.readline())
def LI(): return list(map(int, sys.stdin.readline().split()))
def LI1(): return list(map(int1, sys.stdin.readline().split()))
def LLI(rows_number): return [LI() for _ in range(rows_number)]
def LLI1(rows_number): return [LI1() for _ in range(rows_number)]
def SI(): return sys.stdin.readline().rstrip()
dij = [(0, 1), (-1, 0), (0, -1), (1, 0)]
# dij = [(0, 1), (-1, 0), (0, -1), (1, 0), (1, 1), (1, -1), (-1, 1), (-1, -1)]
inf = 10**16
# md = 998244353
md = 10**9+7

n=II()
to=[[] for _ in range(n)]
for _ in range(n-1):
    u,v=LI1()
    to[u].append(v)
    to[v].append(u)

color=[-1]*n
color[0]=0
stack=[0]
while stack:
    u=stack.pop()
    for v in to[u]:
        if color[v]!=-1:continue
        color[v]=1-color[u]
        stack.append(v)

c0=color.count(0)
c1=n-c0
print(min(c0,c1))