In the formation of a homo diatomic neutral molecule, if ' N ' atomic orbitals combine, then the total number of bonding molecular orbital formed is

We know the no. of molecular orbital formed is equal to the total no. combined atomic orbitals. Therefore, if N number of atomic orbitals combine together then we get N molecular orbitals & out of which N/2 is bonding & N/2 anti bonding. 80 , the total no. of bonding molecular orbitals formed is N/2.