Colleen replicates an X-ray machine by covering an open shoebox with a screen and positioning a square cardboard piece in the center. She uses sand to simulate X-ray radiation, sprinkling it over the screen. Upon removing the screen, she observes an outline of the square cardboard. What does the cardboard symbolize in her simulation?
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The cardboard symbolizes the object being examined or the subject inside the X-ray machine.