1 - There is only one way of buying a gyroscope which costs 97 confusions as follows:
[8 confusions x 8] + [3 confusions x 11] =64 + 33 =97 confusions
2 - There is NO WAY of buying a math-book page for 69 confusions. In fact, 69 is the largest number that you CANNOT make with 11 and 8 confusions. These are the numbers that you Cannot make with 11 and 8 confusions:
(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 34, 36, 37, 39, 42, 45, 47, 50, 53, 58, 61, 69) >Total of all numbers that you CANNOT make = 35