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gen-explain-the-voltage-divider-as-you-would-to-a-capable-studen-71b7

stable pending witness
2026-05-29 07:59:30 UTC · anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5

Prompt

Explain the voltage divider as you would to a capable student, in 3-4 sentences.
80 chars

Generation

A voltage divider is a simple circuit that uses two resistors in series to create a smaller voltage from a larger source voltage. The input voltage gets divided between the two resistors proportionally based on their resistance values—the larger resistor gets a larger voltage drop across it. You can tap off the voltage at the point between the two resistors, giving you an output that follows the formula: V_out = V_in × (R2/(R1+R2)), where R2 is the resistor connected to ground. This principle is extremely useful for creating reference voltages, scaling down signals for measurement, or biasing transistors.
29 tokens in · 136 tokens out · 3819 ms · $0.0021

The four gates

RED
pass
no disqualifying input patterns detected
FLOOR
pass
output above protective minimum; no mismatches
WAY
pass
no declared way_path (Way check NA); no coercion language
EXECUTION
deferred
no witnesses available (Witness Roll not yet constituted)

Verifier results

scripture_anchors NOT_APPLICABLE
0 Scripture citation(s) extracted
theology_doctrine NOT_APPLICABLE
no doctrine keyword patterns detected

Metrics

Total latency
3828.7 ms
Base LLM
3819.3 ms
Verifiers
0.2 ms
Gates
0.0 ms
Cost
$0.0021

Trail

07:59:30 received prompt_chars=80 verifiers=['scripture_anchors', 'theology_doctrine']
07:59:30 red_gate decision=pass reason=no disqualifying input patterns detected
07:59:34 base_llm_call model=anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5 tokens_in=29 tokens_out=136 latency_ms=3819.3 cost_usd=0.0021
07:59:34 verifier:scripture_anchors verdict=NOT_APPLICABLE summary=0 Scripture citation(s) extracted
07:59:34 verifier:theology_doctrine verdict=NOT_APPLICABLE summary=no doctrine keyword patterns detected
07:59:34 floor_gate decision=pass reason=output above protective minimum; no mismatches
07:59:34 way_gate decision=pass reason=no declared way_path (Way check NA); no coercion language
07:59:34 execution_gate decision=deferred reason=no witnesses available (Witness Roll not yet constituted)
07:59:34 signed hash_algo=sha256 hash=sha256:4450df0ac110debef7ac8af62f7f1b155bc096832171e998c824b6c913ff116a

Content hash

sha256:4450df0ac110debef7ac8af62f7f1b155bc096832171e998c824b6c913ff116a

SHA256 over the canonical JSON (excluding this field). Tamper detection. Ed25519 signing planned for v2 once the operator’s signing key is provisioned on disk.

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