Please choose the correct answer to the question: Which statement correctly describes a relationship between the distance from Earth and a characteristic of a star?

Answer1: As the distance from Earth to the star decreases, its size increases. Answer2: As the distance from Earth to the star increases, its size decreases. Answer3: As the distance from Earth to the star decreases, its apparent brightness increases. Answer4: As the distance from Earth to the star increases, its apparent brightness increases.

Answer format: answer1/answer2/answer3/answer4