#include<cstdio>
#include<cmath>
#include<algorithm>
#define maxn 100020
#define maxm 200020
using namespace std;
int tot = 0, n;
int fir[maxn], en[maxm], nex[maxm];
int f[maxn][2];
int fa[maxn];
void add_edge(int x, int y){
en[++tot] = y;
nex[tot] = fir[x];
fir[x] = tot;
}
void dfs(int x){
for( int k = fir[x] ; k ; k = nex[k] ){
int j = en[k];
if( j == fa[x])continue;
fa[j] = x;
dfs(j);
f[x][0] += f[j][0] + 2;
}
f[x][1] = f[x][0];
for( int k = fir[x]; k ; k = nex[k]){
int j = en[k];
if( j == fa[x])continue;
f[x][1] = min(f[x][1], f[x][0] - f[j][0] + f[j][1] - 1);
}
}
int main(){
scanf("%d", &n);
for( int i = 1; i <= n - 1 ; i ++ ){
int x, y;
scanf("%d%d", &x, &y);
add_edge(x, y);
add_edge(y, x);
}
dfs(1);
printf("%d\n", f[1][1]);
return 0;
}