A player hits a ball with a bat. The action is the force of the bat against the ball. What is the reaction to this force?

Force of the ball against the bat

Explanation:

Newton's third law of motion states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. When a player hits a ball with a bat, the force the player exerted on the ball through the bat gave the ball a push force in the forward direction. This is an action force. Now that an action has been initiated, there must be a reaction according to Newton's third law of motion. The magnitude of the force on the ball equals the magnitude of the force on the bat. The direction of the force on the ball is opposite to the direction of the force on the ball. The ball will give the bat an equal and opposite force trying to push the bat backward by resisting the impact of the bat. This is the reaction. The ball will only move if the applied force is able to overcome the resisting force by the bat.

Where;

is the action force of the bat against the ball.

is the equal and opposite reaction force of the ball towards the ball.

it is given that trillions of microbes make up to 1% to 3% of the body mass.

let's take average of this percentage: 2%

consider the average mass of the human body as 70 kg.

then, trillions of microbes would have mass  

therefore, 100 trillion micro-organisms would weigh:

this is an approximate value and could change depending on the mass of the human body and percentage of the microbes present in it.

average mass per microorganism =