#pragma GCC optimize ("O3")
#pragma GCC target ("avx")
#include "bits/stdc++.h" // define macro "/D__MAI"

using namespace std;
typedef long long int ll;

#define xprintf(fmt,...) fprintf(stderr,fmt,__VA_ARGS__)
#define debugv(v) {printf("L%d %s > ",__LINE__,#v);for(auto e:v){cout<<e<<" ";}cout<<endl;}
#define debuga(m,w) {printf("L%d %s > ",__LINE__,#m);for(int x=0;x<(w);x++){cout<<(m)[x]<<" ";}cout<<endl;}
#define debugaa(m,h,w) {printf("L%d %s >\n",__LINE__,#m);for(int y=0;y<(h);y++){for(int x=0;x<(w);x++){cout<<(m)[y][x]<<" ";}cout<<endl;}}
#define ALL(v) (v).begin(),(v).end()
#define repeat(cnt,l) for(auto cnt=0ll;cnt<(l);++cnt)
#define iterate(cnt,b,e) for(auto cnt=(b);cnt!=(e);++cnt)
#define MD 1000000007ll
#define PI 3.1415926535897932384626433832795
template<typename T1, typename T2> ostream& operator <<(ostream &o, const pair<T1, T2> p) { o << "(" << p.first << ":" << p.second << ")"; return o; }
template<typename iterator> inline size_t argmin(iterator begin, iterator end) {
    return distance(begin, min_element(begin, end));
}
template<typename iterator> inline size_t argmax(iterator begin, iterator end) {
    return distance(begin, max_element(begin, end));
}
template<typename T> T& maxset(T& to, const T& val) { return to = max(to, val); }
template<typename T> T& minset(T& to, const T& val) { return to = min(to, val); }

mt19937 randdev(8901016);
inline ll rand_range(ll l, ll h) {
    return uniform_int_distribution<ll>(l, h)(randdev);
}

#ifdef __MAI
#define getchar_unlocked getchar
#define putchar_unlocked putchar
#endif
#ifdef __VSCC
#define getchar_unlocked _getchar_nolock
#define putchar_unlocked _putchar_nolock
#endif
namespace {
#define isvisiblechar(c) (0x21<=(c)&&(c)<=0x7E)
    class MaiScanner {
    public:
        template<typename T> void input_integer(T& var) {
            var = 0;
            T sign = 1;
            int cc = getchar_unlocked();
            for (; cc<'0' || '9'<cc; cc = getchar_unlocked())
                if (cc == '-') sign = -1;
            for (; '0' <= cc&&cc <= '9'; cc = getchar_unlocked())
                var = (var << 3) + (var << 1) + cc - '0';
            var = var*sign;
        }
        inline int c() { return getchar_unlocked(); }
        inline MaiScanner& operator>>(int& var) {
            input_integer<int>(var);
            return *this;
        }
        inline MaiScanner& operator>>(long long& var) {
            input_integer<long long>(var);
            return *this;
        }
        inline MaiScanner& operator>>(string& var) {
            int cc = getchar_unlocked();
            for (; !isvisiblechar(cc); cc = getchar_unlocked());
            for (; isvisiblechar(cc); cc = getchar_unlocked())
                var.push_back(cc);
        }
        template<typename IT> void in(IT begin, IT end) {
            for (auto it = begin; it != end; ++it) *this >> *it;
        }
    };
}
MaiScanner scanner;


class llmod {
public: const ll MOD = MD;
private:
    ll val;
    inline ll cut(ll v) const { return ((v%MOD) + MOD) % MOD; }
public:

    llmod() : MOD(MD), val(0) {}
    llmod(ll num, ll m = MD) : MOD(m), val(cut(num)) {}
    llmod(const llmod& lm, ll m) : MOD(m), val(lm.val) {}

    inline ll operator*() const { return val; }
    inline llmod& operator=(const llmod& lm) { val = lm.val; return *this; }
    inline llmod& operator=(ll v) { val = cut(v); return *this; }

    inline llmod& operator+=(ll v) { val = cut(val + v); return *this; }
    inline llmod& operator+=(const llmod& l) { val = cut(val + l.val); return *this; }
    inline llmod& operator-=(ll v) { val = cut(val - v); return *this; }
    inline llmod& operator-=(const llmod& l) { val = cut(val - l.val); return *this; }
    inline llmod& operator*=(ll v) { val = cut(val * v); return *this; }
    inline llmod& operator*=(const llmod& l) { val = cut(val * l.val); return *this; }
    inline llmod& operator++() { val = (val + 1) % MOD; return *this; }
    inline llmod operator++(int) { llmod t = *this; val = (val + 1) % MOD; return t; }
};
ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const llmod& l) { os << *l; return os; }

inline llmod operator+(llmod t, const llmod& r) { return t += r; }
inline llmod operator-(llmod t, const llmod& r) { return t -= r; }
inline llmod operator*(llmod t, const llmod& r) { return t *= r; }



// MEMO : 逆元...powm(n,MD-2)
llmod pow(llmod x, ll p) {
    llmod y = 1;
    while (0 < p) {
        if (p % 2)
            y *= x;
        x *= x;
        p /= 2;
    }
    return y;
}

inline llmod& operator/=(llmod& l, const llmod& r) { return l *= pow(r, r.MOD - 2); }






int m, n, kei;

string field[2];

// ll dp[3][60]; // 上の色，下の色，

int main() {

    cin >> n;
    cin >> field[0];
    cin >> field[1];

    llmod rl = 3;
    int last = 0;
    int i = 0;
    {
        if (field[0][i] == field[1][i]) {
            // tate
            rl = 3;
            last = 0;
        }
        else {
            // yoko
            rl = 6;
            last = 1;
            ++i;
        }
    }
    for (++i; i < n; ++i) {
        if (field[0][i] == field[1][i]) {
            // tate
            if (last == 1) rl *= 1;
            else rl *= 2;
            last = 0;

        }
        else {
            // yoko
            if (last == 1) rl *= 3;
            else rl *= 2;
            last = 1;
            ++i;
        }
    }

    cout << *rl << endl;

    return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 256