Step 1: Move the decimal point from its current position (the black dot) to a position immediately to the right of the first nonzero digit (the red dot).
1.489572.989
Step 2: We moved the decimal point 6 spaces to the right. Therefore, the exponent on base 10 will be positive 6.Now we know that the:
Mantissa = 1.489572989
Exponent = 6
So, the solution is:
$$1489572.989 = \color{blue}{ 1.489572989} \cdot 10^{ \color{red}{ 6 }}$$