I was recently taught about hybridization and bond order. We came across the equation for bond order and I was wondering what the purpose of dividing by 2. I am not able to find a situation in which the division of 2 would affect the answers.

I was recently taught about molecular orbital theory and bond order:

$$\text{Bond order} = \frac{\text{Number of bonding electrons} - \text{Number of antibonding electrons}}{2}$$

I was wondering, what is the purpose of dividing by 2?

I was recently taught about hybridization and bond order. We came across the equation for bond order and I was wondering what the purpose of dividing by 2. I am not able to find a situation in which the division of 2 would affect the answers.

I was recently taught about hybridization and bond order. We came across the equation for bond order and I was wondering what the purpose of dividing by 2. I am not able to find a situation in which the division of 2 would affect the answers.