Conservation of energy problem

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1. a student throws a ball down with an initial velocity of 5.0 m/s from a point 8.0 m above the base of a track. Find the speed of the ball as it hits the base of the track. The track is designed to losslessly change the direction of the ball up a frictionless ramp. What is the height above the ground reached by the ball



2. K = 1/2 mv^2
U = mgh
E1 = E2




3. If I knew the mass of the ball this problem would be easy
U = mgh
K= 1/2 mv^2
mgh(initial) + 1/2mv^2(initial) = mgh(final)
I don't have the mass
is there an equation that I can sub into the above to isolate the mass or is mass irrelevant as it is on both sides of the equation?

 
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Well, of course if the mass is on both sides of the equation, it cancels