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The bond order of ozone is three, two due to the localized oxygen-oxygen bonds and one due to the occupied delocalized $π$ -bonds.

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The bond order of ozone is $1.5$ . this is observed from following resonance structures. Each double bond has an equal chance to be formed.

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