Tree Destruction

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Chef is playing the game *Tree Destruction* on his computer, and his goal is to destroy trees. A tree of size $X$ is a connected, acyclic graph with $X$ nodes. The game works as follows: * Initially, Chef's score is $0$. * Chef's goal is to remove all the nodes from the tree while maximizing his score. * At any time, Chef can remove any node with exactly one neighbour in the remaining tree. * By

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