What is the scientific notation for 000017?

Answer 1

I guess you mean .000017 ?

Move the decimal point to the right until you have a number between 1 and 10.

In this case moving 5 places to the right gives 1.7

since you moved 5 places and to the right, you use 10-5

so the answer is 1.7 X 10-5

Answer 2

000017 = 17 = 1.7*10