#include<iostream>
#include<string>
#include<vector>
#include<algorithm>
#include<bitset>
#include<set>
#include<map>
#include<stack>
#include<queue>
#include<deque>
#include<list>
#include<iomanip>
#include<cmath>
#include<cstring>
#include<functional>
#include<cstdio>
#include<cstdlib>
#include<numeric>
#include<ctime>
//#include<atcoder/all>
using namespace std;
//using namespace atcoder;

#define repr(i, a, b) for (int i = (int)(a); i < (int)(b); i++)
#define rep(i, n) repr(i, 0, n)
#define INF 2e9
#define MOD 1000000007
//#define MOD 998244353
#define LINF (long long)4e18
#define jck 3.141592
#define PI acos(-1.0)

const double EPS = 1e-10;

using ll = long long;
using Pi = pair<int,int>;
using Pl = pair<ll,ll>;
//using mint = modint998244353;

int dh[] = {-1,0,1,0};
int dw[] = {0,1,0,-1};

int n;
vector<int> G[100010];
int cnt = 0;
void dfs(int u, int p = -1, int now=0){
    if(now == 0) cnt++;
    for(int v : G[u]){
        if(v == p) continue;
        dfs(v,u,1-now);
    }
}


int main(){
    cin >> n;
    rep(i,n-1){
        int u,v; cin >> u >> v;
        u--; v--;
        G[u].push_back(v);
        G[v].push_back(u);
    }
    dfs(0);
    int ans = min(cnt,n-cnt);
    cout << ans << endl;
}