Calculating Degree of Freedom

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Homework Statement
Compute the degrees of freedom of the mechanism in Figure 1, and specify if there are any coincident joints, redundant constrains and idle degrees of freedom.
Relevant Equations
Gruebler's Equation: 3(n-1) -2 jp - jh
n= total number of links including frame
jp = total number of primary joints (pins or sliding joints)
jh = total number of higher-order joints (cam or gear joints)
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Just unsure if I did it correctly. I identified G as an idle Degree of Freedom. Should I exclude it from DOF calculation? But is I do that The Current DOF would be more than 2 which is definitely the wrong answer.
 

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