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"To solve this problem, we can use mathematical optimization techniques.

(a) To minimize the total distance between the transmission tower location and all the city locations, we can use the following optimization model:

Decision variables:

x, y: the coordinates of the transmission tower location.

Minimize:

Total distance = Σ distance(i), for i = 1 to n, where

distance(i) = √[(x - x_i)^2 + (y - y_i)^2], where (x_i, y_i) is the location of city i.

Subject to:

distance(i) ≤ 10, for i = 1 to n, where 10 is the maximum transmission radius.

x, y are real numbers.

This model can be solved using nonlinear optimization methods, such as gradient descent or Newton's method, to find the optimal (x, y) coordinates of the transmission tower location that minimize the total distance to all city locations.

(b) To minimize the maximum distance from the transmission tower location to the city locations, we can use the following optimization model:

Decision variables:

x, y: the coordinates of the transmission tower location.

Minimize:

Max distance = max{distance(i)}, for i = 1 to n, where

distance(i) = √[(x - x_i)^2 + (y - y_i)^2], where (x_i, y_i) is the location of city i.

Subject to:

distance(i) ≤ 10, for i = 1 to n, where 10 is the maximum transmission radius.

x, y are real numbers.

This model can be solved using mixed-integer nonlinear optimization methods, such as branch and bound or branch and cut, to find the optimal (x, y) coordinates of the transmission tower location that minimize the maximum distance to all city locations within the transmission radius.

Note that in both models, the distance metric used is the Euclidean distance, which assumes a flat surface. If the surface of the Earth is taken into account, a more sophisticated distance metric, such as the great-circle distance or Haversine formula, should be used instead."