How does the light from flashlight that is shone from two differences model the apparent magnitude of two starts with the same absolute magnitude?

The light from a flashlight can be used to model the apparent magnitude of two stars with the same absolute magnitude by demonstrating how distance affects brightness. Just as a flashlight's light diminishes with distance, the apparent brightness of a star decreases as it moves farther away from an observer. If two stars have the same absolute magnitude but are at different distances, the one closer will appear brighter (higher apparent magnitude) than the one farther away. This relationship illustrates how apparent magnitude depends not only on intrinsic brightness but also on distance from the observer.