Acceleration of Forces at Angles

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A clerk moves a box of cans down an aisle by
pulling on a strap attached to the box. The
clerk pulls with a force of 176.0 N at an angle
of 30.0◦ with the horizontal. The box has a
mass of 40.0 kg, and the coefficient of kinetic
friction between the box and floor is 0.520.
The acceleration of gravity is 9.81 m/s2 .
What is the acceleration of the box?
Answer in units of m/s2.

Okay, this should be a simple problem, but I don't understand what it means when it says 'with the horizontal' and how that would look on my FBD. Help me please?
 
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"with the horizontal" should be "to the horizontal"--that is, she pulls at an angle that's 30 degrees above the horizontal.