1. The experience would have taken me five years to gather in New York , and I was able to accumulate it in six months .
2. I would have taken the experience for five years to gather in New York and I was able to accumulate it in six months .

Select your answer from the options. Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
Options are:
(A). no
(B). yes...I think the answer is
(B).