import sys
readline = sys.stdin.readline
sys.setrecursionlimit(10**7)

def dfs(s, p=-1):
    val = 0
    for u in G[s]:
        if u == p:
            continue
        val += dfs(u, s) + 1
    val -= 1
    return max(0, val)

N = int(readline())
G = [[] for i in range(N)]
for i in range(N - 1):
    a, b = map(int, readline().split())
    a, b = a - 1, b - 1
    G[a].append(b)
    G[b].append(a)
print(max(0, dfs(0)))