molar mass of solute is 30 g/mol molality is defined as the number of moles of solute in 1 kg of solvent number of moles of solute - 5.0 g / 30 g/mol = 0.17 mol molality of solution is 0.70 mol/kg the mass of solvent when there are 0.7 mol of solute - 1 kg then the mass of solvent when there's 0.17 mol of solute - 0.17 mol / 0.7 mol/kg = 0.242 kg therefore mass of solvent is 0.242 kg