// package agc.apc001;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.InputMismatchException;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        InputReader in = new InputReader(System.in);
        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(System.out);

        int n = in.nextInt();
        graph = buildGraph(in, n, n-1);


        out.println(solve());
        out.flush();
    }

    static int solve() {
        int n = graph.length;
        int root = -1;
        for (int i = 0; i < n ; i++) {
            if (graph[i].length >= 3) {
                root = i;
                break;
            }
        }
        if (root == -1) {
            return 1;
        }
        int[] res = dfs(root, -1);
        return res[1];
    }

    static int INF = 10000000;

    static int[] dfs(int now, int par) {
        List<int[]> cn = new ArrayList<>();
        for (int to : graph[now]) {
            if (to == par) {
                continue;
            }
            cn.add(dfs(to, now));
        }
        if (cn.size() == 0) {
            return new int[]{0, 1};
        }
        if (cn.size() == 1) {
            return cn.get(0);
        }

        int[] ret = new int[2];
        int total = 0;
        int bestZero = 0;
        for (int[] a : cn) {
            total += a[1];
            bestZero = Math.min(bestZero, a[0] - a[1]);
        }
        ret[0] = INF;
        ret[1] = total + bestZero;
        return ret;
    }

    static int[][] graph;

    static int[][] buildGraph(InputReader in, int n, int m) {
        int[][] edges = new int[m][];
        int[][] graph = new int[n][];
        int[] deg = new int[n];
        for (int i = 0 ; i < m ; i++) {
            int a = in.nextInt();
            int b = in.nextInt();
            deg[a]++;
            deg[b]++;
            edges[i] = new int[]{a, b};
        }
        for (int i = 0 ; i < n ; i++) {
            graph[i] = new int[deg[i]];
        }
        for (int i = 0 ; i < m ; i++) {
            int a = edges[i][0];
            int b = edges[i][1];
            graph[a][--deg[a]] = b;
            graph[b][--deg[b]] = a;
        }
        return graph;
    }

    public static void debug(Object... o) {
        System.err.println(Arrays.deepToString(o));
    }

    public static class InputReader {
        private static final int BUFFER_LENGTH = 1 << 12;
        private InputStream stream;
        private byte[] buf = new byte[BUFFER_LENGTH];
        private int curChar;
        private int numChars;

        public InputReader(InputStream stream) {
            this.stream = stream;
        }

        private int next() {
            if (numChars == -1) {
                throw new InputMismatchException();
            }
            if (curChar >= numChars) {
                curChar = 0;
                try {
                    numChars = stream.read(buf);
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    throw new InputMismatchException();
                }
                if (numChars <= 0)
                    return -1;
            }
            return buf[curChar++];
        }

        public char nextChar() {
            return (char) skipWhileSpace();
        }

        public String nextToken() {
            int c = skipWhileSpace();
            StringBuilder res = new StringBuilder();
            do {
                res.append((char) c);
                c = next();
            } while (!isSpaceChar(c));
            return res.toString();
        }

        public int nextInt() {
            return (int) nextLong();
        }

        public long nextLong() {
            int c = skipWhileSpace();
            long sgn = 1;
            if (c == '-') {
                sgn = -1;
                c = next();
            }
            long res = 0;
            do {
                if (c < '0' || c > '9') {
                    throw new InputMismatchException();
                }
                res *= 10;
                res += c - '0';
                c = next();
            } while (!isSpaceChar(c));
            return res * sgn;
        }

        public double nextDouble() {
            return Double.valueOf(nextToken());
        }

        int skipWhileSpace() {
            int c = next();
            while (isSpaceChar(c)) {
                c = next();
            }
            return c;
        }

        boolean isSpaceChar(int c) {
            return c == ' ' || c == '\n' || c == '\r' || c == '\t' || c == -1;
        }
    }
}

Measured memory_bytes: 50224