No, this is correct. In fact in the IRS worksheet, it says to use the average of all balances and makes no mention of splitting the balances by 1/2. Imagine if you used 1/2 of the balance, your mortgage interest would be $25,000, the same as married Filing Jointly. This wouldn't make sense.
No, the calculation is not flawed but correct.
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