#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#define rep(i,n) for(int i=0;i<(int)(n);i++)
#define FOR(i,n,m) for(int i=(int)(n); i<=(int)(m); i++)
#define RFOR(i,n,m) for(int i=(int)(n); i>=(int)(m); i--)
#define ITR(x,c) for(__typeof(c.begin()) x=c.begin();x!=c.end();x++)
#define RITR(x,c) for(__typeof(c.rbegin()) x=c.rbegin();x!=c.rend();x++)
#define setp(n) fixed << setprecision(n)

template<class T> bool chmax(T &a, const T &b) { if (a<b) { a=b; return 1; } return 0; }
template<class T> bool chmin(T &a, const T &b) { if (a>b) { a=b; return 1; } return 0; }

#define ll long long
#define vll vector<ll>
#define vi vector<int>
#define pll pair<ll,ll>
#define pi pair<int,int>

#define all(a) (a.begin()),(a.end())
#define rall(a) (a.rbegin()),(a.rend())
#define fi first
#define se second
#define pb push_back
#define ins insert

#define debug(a) cerr<<(a)<<endl
#define dbrep(a,n) rep(_i,n) cerr<<(a[_i])<<" "; cerr<<endl
#define dbrep2(a,n,m) rep(_i,n){rep(_j,m) cerr<<(a[_i][_j])<<" "; cerr<<endl;}

using namespace std;

template<class A, class B>
ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const pair<A,B> &p){return os<<"("<<p.fi<<","<<p.se<<")";}
template<class A, class B>
istream &operator>>(istream &is, pair<A,B> &p){return is>>p.fi>>p.se;}

template<class T>
vector<T> make_vec(size_t a){
	return vector<T>(a);
}
template<class T, class... Ts>
auto make_vec(size_t a, Ts... ts){
	return vector<decltype(make_vec<T>(ts...))>(a, make_vec<T>(ts...));
}

/* Some Libraries */

//-------------------------------------------------

int main(void)
{
    cin.tie(0);
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    int N; cin>>N;

    vector<vi> G(N);
    rep(i,N-1){
        int u,v; cin>>u>>v; u--; v--;
        G[u].pb(v);
        G[v].pb(u);
    }

    vi color(N,-1);
    auto dfs = [&](auto &dfs, int v, int p=-1, int c=0)->int{
        int ret = (c==0);
        for(auto u:G[v]){
            if (u==p) continue;
            ret += dfs(dfs,u,v,1-c);
        }
        return ret;
    };

    int res = dfs(dfs,0);
    cout<<min(res,N-res)<<"\n";
    return 0;
}