#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

#define REP(i,n) for(ll i=0;i<(ll)n;i++)
#define dump(x)  cerr << "Line " << __LINE__ << ": " <<  #x << " = " << (x) << "\n";
#define spa << " " <<
#define fi first
#define se second
#define ALL(a)  (a).begin(),(a).end()
#define ALLR(a)  (a).rbegin(),(a).rend()

using ld = long double;
using ll = long long;
using ull = unsigned long long;
using pii = pair<int, int>;
using pll = pair<ll, ll>;
using pdd = pair<ld, ld>;

template<typename T> using V = vector<T>;
template<typename T> using P = pair<T, T>;
template<typename T> vector<T> make_vec(size_t n, T a) { return vector<T>(n, a); }
template<typename... Ts> auto make_vec(size_t n, Ts... ts) { return vector<decltype(make_vec(ts...))>(n, make_vec(ts...)); }
template<class S, class T> ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const pair<S, T> v){os << "(" << v.first << ", " << v.second << ")"; return os;}
template<typename T> ostream& operator<<(ostream &os, const vector<T> &v) { for (auto &e : v) os << e << ' '; return os; }
template<class T> ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const vector<vector<T>> &v){ for(auto &e : v){os << e << "\n";} return os;}
struct fast_ios { fast_ios(){ cin.tie(nullptr); ios::sync_with_stdio(false); cout << fixed << setprecision(20); }; } fast_ios_;

template <class T> void UNIQUE(vector<T> &x) {sort(ALL(x));x.erase(unique(ALL(x)), x.end());}
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; }
void fail() { cout << -1 << '\n'; exit(0); }
inline int popcount(const int x) { return __builtin_popcount(x); }
inline int popcount(const ll x) { return __builtin_popcountll(x); }
template<typename T> void debug(vector<vector<T>>&v,ll h,ll w){for(ll i=0;i<h;i++)
{cerr<<v[i][0];for(ll j=1;j<w;j++)cerr spa v[i][j];cerr<<"\n";}};
template<typename T> void debug(vector<T>&v,ll n){if(n!=0)cerr<<v[0];
for(ll i=1;i<n;i++)cerr spa v[i];
cerr<<"\n";};

const ll INF = (1ll<<62);
// const ld EPS   = 1e-10;
// const ld PI    = acos(-1.0);
const ll mod = (int)1e9 + 7;
//const ll mod = 998244353;

using Graph = V<V<ll>>;

int main(){

    ll N;
    cin >> N;
    V<ll> u(N-1), v(N-1);
    REP(i, N-1) cin >> u[i] >> v[i], u[i]--, v[i]--;

    Graph G(N);
    REP(i, N-1){
        G[u[i]].push_back(v[i]);
        G[v[i]].push_back(u[i]);
    }    

    V<ll> dp1(N, 0), dp2(N, 0);
    auto dfs = [&](auto self, ll now, ll par)->void{
        ll res1 = 1, res2 = 0;
        for(auto nx: G[now]){
            if(nx == par) continue;
            self(self, nx, now);
            res1 += dp2[nx];
            res2 += max(dp1[nx], dp2[nx]);
        }
        dp1[now] = res1;
        dp2[now] = res2;
        return;
    };

    dfs(dfs, 0, -1);

    cout << N - max(dp1[0], dp2[0]) << endl;

    return 0;
}