#include <algorithm>
#include <bitset>
#include <cassert>
#include <cmath>
#include <iostream>
#include <map>
#include <numeric>
#include <queue>
#include <set>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

// Acknowledgement: Special thanks to kyomukyomupurin, who developed this
// template.
template <class T, class U>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::pair<T, U>& p) {
  return os << '(' << p.first << ", " << p.second << ')';
}

template <class T>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::vector<T>& vec) {
  int n = 0;
  for (auto e : vec) os << (n++ ? ", " : "{") << e;
  return os << (n ? "}" : "{}");
}

template <class T>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::set<T>& st) {
  int n = 0;
  for (auto e : st) os << (n++ ? ", " : "{") << e;
  return os << (n ? "}" : "{}");
}

template <class T, class U>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::map<T, U>& mp) {
  int n = 0;
  for (auto e : mp) os << (n++ ? ", " : "{") << e;
  return os << (n ? "}" : "{}");
}

template <class T>
std::istream& operator>>(std::istream& is, std::vector<T>& vec) {
  for (T& e : vec) is >> e;
  return is;
}

#ifdef LOCAL
#define debug(...) \
  std::cerr << "[" << #__VA_ARGS__ << "]: ", debug_out(__VA_ARGS__)
#else
#define debug(...)
#endif

void debug_out() { std::cerr << '\n'; }

template <class Head, class... Tail>
void debug_out(Head&& head, Tail&&... tail) {
  std::cerr << head;
  if (sizeof...(Tail) != 0) std::cerr << ", ";
  debug_out(std::forward<Tail>(tail)...);
}
using namespace std;
using int64 = long long;

template <typename T>
class Modular {
 public:
  using Type = typename decay<decltype(T::value)>::type;

  constexpr Modular() : value() {}
  template <typename U>
  Modular(const U& x) {
    value = normalize(x);
  }

  template <typename U>
  static Type normalize(const U& x) {
    Type v;
    if (-mod() <= x && x < mod())
      v = static_cast<Type>(x);
    else
      v = static_cast<Type>(x % mod());
    if (v < 0) v += mod();
    return v;
  }

  const Type& operator()() const { return value; }
  template <typename U>
  explicit operator U() const {
    return static_cast<U>(value);
  }
  constexpr static Type mod() { return T::value; }

  Modular& operator+=(const Modular& other) {
    if ((value += other.value) >= mod()) value -= mod();
    return *this;
  }
  Modular& operator-=(const Modular& other) {
    if ((value -= other.value) < 0) value += mod();
    return *this;
  }
  template <typename U>
  Modular& operator+=(const U& other) {
    return *this += Modular(other);
  }
  template <typename U>
  Modular& operator-=(const U& other) {
    return *this -= Modular(other);
  }
  Modular& operator++() { return *this += 1; }
  Modular& operator--() { return *this -= 1; }
  Modular operator++(int) {
    Modular result(*this);
    *this += 1;
    return result;
  }
  Modular operator--(int) {
    Modular result(*this);
    *this -= 1;
    return result;
  }
  Modular operator-() const { return Modular(-value); }

  template <typename U = T>
  typename enable_if<is_same<typename Modular<U>::Type, int>::value,
                     Modular>::type&
  operator*=(const Modular& rhs) {
#ifdef _WIN32
    uint64_t x = static_cast<int64_t>(value) * static_cast<int64_t>(rhs.value);
    uint32_t xh = static_cast<uint32_t>(x >> 32), xl = static_cast<uint32_t>(x),
             d, m;
    asm("divl %4; \n\t" : "=a"(d), "=d"(m) : "d"(xh), "a"(xl), "r"(mod()));
    value = m;
#else
    value = normalize(static_cast<int64_t>(value) *
                      static_cast<int64_t>(rhs.value));
#endif
    return *this;
  }
  template <typename U = T>
  typename enable_if<is_same<typename Modular<U>::Type, int64_t>::value,
                     Modular>::type&
  operator*=(const Modular& rhs) {
    int64_t q = static_cast<int64_t>(static_cast<long double>(value) *
                                     rhs.value / mod());
    value = normalize(value * rhs.value - q * mod());
    return *this;
  }
  template <typename U = T>
  typename enable_if<!is_integral<typename Modular<U>::Type>::value,
                     Modular>::type&
  operator*=(const Modular& rhs) {
    value = normalize(value * rhs.value);
    return *this;
  }

  Modular& operator/=(const Modular& other) {
    return *this *= Modular(inverse(other.value, mod()));
  }

  template <typename U>
  friend const Modular<U>& abs(const Modular<U>& v) {
    return v;
  }

  template <typename U>
  friend bool operator==(const Modular<U>& lhs, const Modular<U>& rhs);

  template <typename U>
  friend bool operator<(const Modular<U>& lhs, const Modular<U>& rhs);

  template <typename U>
  friend std::istream& operator>>(std::istream& stream, Modular<U>& number);

 private:
  Type value;
};

template <typename T>
bool operator==(const Modular<T>& lhs, const Modular<T>& rhs) {
  return lhs.value == rhs.value;
}
template <typename T, typename U>
bool operator==(const Modular<T>& lhs, U rhs) {
  return lhs == Modular<T>(rhs);
}
template <typename T, typename U>
bool operator==(U lhs, const Modular<T>& rhs) {
  return Modular<T>(lhs) == rhs;
}

template <typename T>
bool operator!=(const Modular<T>& lhs, const Modular<T>& rhs) {
  return !(lhs == rhs);
}
template <typename T, typename U>
bool operator!=(const Modular<T>& lhs, U rhs) {
  return !(lhs == rhs);
}
template <typename T, typename U>
bool operator!=(U lhs, const Modular<T>& rhs) {
  return !(lhs == rhs);
}

template <typename T>
bool operator<(const Modular<T>& lhs, const Modular<T>& rhs) {
  return lhs.value < rhs.value;
}

template <typename T>
Modular<T> operator+(const Modular<T>& lhs, const Modular<T>& rhs) {
  return Modular<T>(lhs) += rhs;
}
template <typename T, typename U>
Modular<T> operator+(const Modular<T>& lhs, U rhs) {
  return Modular<T>(lhs) += rhs;
}
template <typename T, typename U>
Modular<T> operator+(U lhs, const Modular<T>& rhs) {
  return Modular<T>(lhs) += rhs;
}

template <typename T>
Modular<T> operator-(const Modular<T>& lhs, const Modular<T>& rhs) {
  return Modular<T>(lhs) -= rhs;
}
template <typename T, typename U>
Modular<T> operator-(const Modular<T>& lhs, U rhs) {
  return Modular<T>(lhs) -= rhs;
}
template <typename T, typename U>
Modular<T> operator-(U lhs, const Modular<T>& rhs) {
  return Modular<T>(lhs) -= rhs;
}

template <typename T>
Modular<T> operator*(const Modular<T>& lhs, const Modular<T>& rhs) {
  return Modular<T>(lhs) *= rhs;
}
template <typename T, typename U>
Modular<T> operator*(const Modular<T>& lhs, U rhs) {
  return Modular<T>(lhs) *= rhs;
}
template <typename T, typename U>
Modular<T> operator*(U lhs, const Modular<T>& rhs) {
  return Modular<T>(lhs) *= rhs;
}

template <typename T>
Modular<T> operator/(const Modular<T>& lhs, const Modular<T>& rhs) {
  return Modular<T>(lhs) /= rhs;
}
template <typename T, typename U>
Modular<T> operator/(const Modular<T>& lhs, U rhs) {
  return Modular<T>(lhs) /= rhs;
}
template <typename T, typename U>
Modular<T> operator/(U lhs, const Modular<T>& rhs) {
  return Modular<T>(lhs) /= rhs;
}

template <typename T, typename U>
Modular<T> power(const Modular<T>& a, const U& b) {
  assert(b >= 0);
  Modular<T> x = a, res = 1;
  U p = b;
  while (p > 0) {
    if (p & 1) res *= x;
    x *= x;
    p >>= 1;
  }
  return res;
}

template <typename T>
bool IsZero(const Modular<T>& number) {
  return number() == 0;
}

template <typename T>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& stream, const Modular<T>& number) {
  return stream << number();
}

template <typename T>
std::istream& operator>>(std::istream& stream, Modular<T>& number) {
  typename common_type<typename Modular<T>::Type, int64_t>::type x;
  stream >> x;
  number.value = Modular<T>::normalize(x);
  return stream;
}

constexpr int MOD = (int)1e9 + 7;
using Mint =
    Modular<std::integral_constant<std::decay<decltype(MOD)>::type, MOD>>;

int main() {
  int N;
  cin >> N;
  string s1, s2;
  cin >> s1 >> s2;
  Mint ans = 1;
  if (s1[0] == s2[0]) {
    ans *= 3;
  } else {
    ans *= 6;
  }
  // vector<int> v(52);
  for (int i = 1; i < N; i++) {
    debug(i - 1, ans);
    if (s1[i] == s2[i]) {
      if (s1[i - 1] == s2[i - 1]) {
        ans *= 2;
      }
    } else {
      if (s1[i - 1] == s1[i]) continue;
      if (s1[i - 1] == s2[i - 1]) {
        ans *= 2;
      } else {
        ans *= 3;
      }
    }
  }
  cout << ans << endl;
  return 0;
}
// 24:05

Measured memory_bytes: 3656