Ms. Siochi has a rectangular lot with a perimeter of 100 meters. She paid $2,420.00 for fencing to install along the entire perimeter. She chose standard fencing for 3 sides of the lot and decorative fencing for 1 of the 20-meter sides. Ms. Siochi paid $1.00 more per meter for the decorative fencing than for the standard fencing. How much did Ms. Siochi pay per meter for the decorative fencing?

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For 20 meters, she paid $1 more. For the other 80 meters, she paid a normal rate. If we use \(x\) as the normal rate, then the total fee is:

$$ 2{,}420 = 20(x+1) + 80x $$ $$ 2{,}420 = 20x+20+80x $$ $$ 2{,}420 = 100x+20 $$ $$ 2{,}400 = 100x $$ $$ x = 24 $$ $$ x+1 = \boxed{25} $$