Consider the following if statement, which is syntactically correct, but uses poor style and indentation:

if (x >= y) if (y > 0) x = x * y; else if (y < 4) x = x - y;

Assume that x and y are int variables containing the values 9 and 3, respectively, before execution of the preceding statement. After execution of the statement, what value does x contain?

a. 9

b. 1

c. 6

d. 27

e. none of the above