#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#define LL long long
#define pb push_back
#define x first
#define y second 
#define endl '\n'
const LL maxn = 4e05+7;
const LL N = 5e05+10;
const LL mod = 1e09+7;
const int inf = 0x3f3f3f3f;
const LL llinf = 5e18;
typedef pair<int,int>pl;
priority_queue<LL , vector<LL>, greater<LL> >mi;//小根堆
priority_queue<LL> ma;//大根堆
LL gcd(LL a, LL b){
	return b > 0 ? gcd(b , a % b) : a;
}

LL lcm(LL a , LL b){
	return a / gcd(a , b) * b;
}
int n , m;
vector<int>a(N , 0);
void init(int n){
	for(int i = 0 ; i <= n ; i ++){
		a[i] = 0;
	}
}
struct HLD {//轻重链剖分
    int n;
    std::vector<int> siz, top, dep, parent, in, out, seq;//子树大小 所在重链的顶部节点 深度 父亲 子树DFS序的起点 子树DFS序的终点
    std::vector<std::vector<int>> adj;
    int cur = 1;
    HLD() {}
    HLD(int n) {
        init(n);
    }
    void init(int n) {
        this->n = n;
        siz.resize(n);
        top.resize(n);
        dep.resize(n);
        parent.resize(n);
        in.resize(n);
        out.resize(n);
        seq.resize(n);
        cur = 1;
        adj.assign(n, {});
    }
    void addEdge(int u, int v) {
        adj[u].push_back(v);
        adj[v].push_back(u);
    }
    void work(int root) {
        top[root] = root;
        dep[root] = 0;
        parent[root] = -1;
        dfs1(root);
        dfs2(root);
    }
    void dfs1(int u) {
        if (parent[u] != -1) {
            adj[u].erase(std::find(adj[u].begin(), adj[u].end(), parent[u]));
        }
        siz[u] = 1;
        for (auto &v : adj[u]) {
            parent[v] = u;
            dep[v] = dep[u] + 1;
            dfs1(v);
            siz[u] += siz[v];
            if (siz[v] > siz[adj[u][0]]) {
                std::swap(v, adj[u][0]);
            }
        }
    }
    void dfs2(int u) {
        in[u] = ++cur;
        seq[in[u]] = u;
        for (auto v : adj[u]) {
            top[v] = v == adj[u][0] ? top[u] : v;
            dfs2(v);
        }
        out[u] = cur;
    }
    int lca(int u, int v) {
        while (top[u] != top[v]) {
            if (dep[top[u]] > dep[top[v]]) {
                u = parent[top[u]];
            } else {
                v = parent[top[v]];
            }
        }
        return dep[u] < dep[v] ? u : v;
    }
    
    int dist(int u, int v) {
        return dep[u] + dep[v] - 2 * dep[lca(u, v)];
    }
    
    int jump(int u, int k) {
        if (dep[u] < k) {
            return -1;
        }
        
        int d = dep[u] - k;
        
        while (dep[top[u]] > d) {
            u = parent[top[u]];
        }
        
        return seq[in[u] - dep[u] + d];
    }
    
    bool isAncester(int u, int v) {//是否为祖先
        return in[u] <= in[v] && in[v] < out[u];
    }
    
    int rootedParent(int u, int v) {
        std::swap(u, v);
        if (u == v) {
            return u;
        }
        if (!isAncester(u, v)) {
            return parent[u];
        }
        auto it = std::upper_bound(adj[u].begin(), adj[u].end(), v, [&](int x, int y) {
            return in[x] < in[y];
        }) - 1;
        return *it;
    }
    int rootedSize(int u, int v) {
        if (u == v) {
            return n;
        }
        if (!isAncester(v, u)) {
            return siz[v];
        }
        return n - siz[rootedParent(u, v)];
    }
    
    int rootedLca(int a, int b, int c) {
        return lca(a, b) ^ lca(b, c) ^ lca(c, a);
    }
}hld;
vector<vector<int>>dp(N , vector<int>(2 , 0));//不保留or保留
void dfs(int u){
	dp[u][0] = dp[u][1] = 0;
	for(auto v : hld.adj[u]){
		dfs(v);
		dp[u][1] += dp[v][0];
	}
	dp[u][0] = dp[u][1] + 2;
	for(auto v : hld.adj[u]){
		dp[u][0] = min(dp[u][0] , dp[u][1] - dp[v][0] + dp[v][1] + 1);
	}
}
void solve() 
{
	cin >> n;
	hld.init(n + 5);
	vector<int>deg(n + 5 , 0);
	for(int i = 1 ; i < n ; i ++){
		int u , v;
		cin >> u >> v;
		deg[u]++;
		deg[v]++;
		hld.addEdge(u , v);
	}
	int maxx = 0;
	for(int i = 1 ; i <= n ; i++){
		maxx = max(maxx , deg[i]);
	}
	if(maxx == 0){
		cout << 0 << endl;
	}
	else if(maxx <= 2){
		cout << (n - 1) / 2 << endl;
	}
	else{
		int root = 1;
		hld.work(root);
		dfs(root);
		cout << dp[root][0] << endl;
	}
}            
int main() 
{
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(0);
    cout.tie(0);
    cout.precision(10);
    int t=1;
//	cin>>t;
    while(t--)
    {
    	solve();
    }
    return 0;
}