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<< is the left shift operator which works on numbers in their binary form. 5 is 101 in binary, and the left shift moves the numbers to the left, adding a 0 to the right.
5 << 1 is 101 << 1 = 1010
So 5 << 2 is 101 << 2 = 10100 = 20