The critical value would be the z-scores for 0.99 and 0.01: 2.33 and -2.33
sample 1 proportion phat1 = 163/279
sample 2 proportion phat2 = 112/235
the pooled sample proportion phat = (163 + 112)/(279 + 235)
the z-statistic for this test is (phat1-phat2)/sqrt(phat*(1-phat)(1/279 + 1/235):