Given the declaration, Integer x; After executing either of the following two statements, x points to an Integer object with value 8: x = 8;x = new Integer(8);

Both statements assign the value of 8 to the Integer object pointed by x. The first statement directly assigns the value, whereas the second statement creates a new Integer object with the value of 8 and assigns it to x. In both cases, x points to an Integer object with value 8.