#pragma GCC optimize ("O2")
#pragma GCC target ("avx")
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
#include<iostream>
#include<cstring>
//#include<atcoder/all>
//using namespace atcoder;


using namespace std;
typedef long long ll;
#define rep(i, n) for(int i = 0; i < (n); i++)
#define rep1(i, n) for(int i = 1; i <= (n); i++)
#define co(x) cout << (x) << "\n"
#define cosp(x) cout << (x) << " "
#define ce(x) cerr << (x) << "\n"
#define cesp(x) cerr << (x) << " "
#define pb push_back
#define mp make_pair
#define chmin(x, y) x = min(x, y)
#define chmax(x, y) x = max(x, y)
#define Would
#define you
#define please

vector<int> E[100100];
pair<int, int> dfs(int u, int mae) {
	int ret1 = 0, ret2 = 1;
	for (auto to : E[u]) if (to != mae) {
		auto p = dfs(to, u);
		ret1 += p.second;
		ret2 += min(p.first, p.second);
	}
	return mp(ret1, ret2);
}

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


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

	auto p = dfs(1, -1);

	co(min(p.second, p.first));


	Would you please return 0;
}