#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

// template {{{
#define pb push_back
#define eb emplace_back
#define mp make_pair
#define mt make_tuple
#define lb lower_bound
#define ub upper_bound
#define f first
#define s second

#define sz(x) int((x).size())
#define all(x) (x).begin(), (x).end()

#define FOR(i, a, b)    for (int i = (a); i < (b); i++)
#define F0R(i, a)       for (int i = 0; i < (a); i++)
#define FORd(i, a, b)   for (int i = (b)-1; i >= (a); i--)
#define F0Rd(i, a)      for (int i = (a)-1; i >= 0; i--)
#define trav(a, x)      for (auto& a : x)

using ll = long long;
using vi = vector<int>;
using vvi = vector<vi>;
using vll = vector<ll>;
using vvll = vector<vll>;
using vb = vector<bool>;
using vd = vector<double>;
using vs = vector<string>;

template<typename T> void ckmin(T& a, const T& b) { a = min(a, b); }
template<typename T> void ckmax(T& a, const T& b) { a = max(a, b); }

mt19937_64 rng(chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());

namespace __input {
    template<class T1, class T2> void re(pair<T1,T2>& p);
    template<class T> void re(vector<T>& a);
    template<class T, size_t SZ> void re(array<T,SZ>& a);

    template<class T> void re(T& x) { cin >> x; }
    void re(double& x) { string t; re(t); x = stod(t); }
    template<class Arg, class... Args> void re(Arg& first, Args&... rest) {
        re(first); re(rest...);
    }

    template<class T1, class T2> void re(pair<T1,T2>& p) { re(p.f,p.s); }
    template<class T> void re(vector<T>& a) { F0R(i,sz(a)) re(a[i]); }
    template<class T, size_t SZ> void re(array<T,SZ>& a) { F0R(i,SZ) re(a[i]); }
}
using namespace __input;

namespace __output {
    template<class T1, class T2> void pr(const pair<T1,T2>& x);
    template<class T, size_t SZ> void pr(const array<T,SZ>& x);
    template<class T> void pr(const vector<T>& x);
    template<class T> void pr(const set<T>& x);
    template<class T1, class T2> void pr(const map<T1,T2>& x);

    template<class T> void pr(const T& x) { cout << x; }
    template<class Arg, class... Args> void pr(const Arg& first, const Args&... rest) {
        pr(first); pr(rest...);
    }

    template<class T1, class T2> void pr(const pair<T1,T2>& x) {
        pr("{",x.f,", ",x.s,"}");
    }
    template<class T> void prContain(const T& x) {
        pr("{");
        bool fst = 1; for (const auto& a: x) pr(!fst?", ":"",a), fst = 0;
        pr("}");
    }
    template<class T, size_t SZ> void pr(const array<T,SZ>& x) { prContain(x); }
    template<class T> void pr(const vector<T>& x) { prContain(x); }
    template<class T> void pr(const set<T>& x) { prContain(x); }
    template<class T1, class T2> void pr(const map<T1,T2>& x) { prContain(x); }

    void ps() { pr("\n"); }
    template<class Arg> void ps(const Arg& first) {
        pr(first); ps();
    }
    template<class Arg, class... Args> void ps(const Arg& first, const Args&... rest) {
        pr(first," "); ps(rest...);
    }
}
using namespace __output;
// }}}

// modnum {{{
template<int MOD> struct modnum {
    int v;
    modnum() : v(0) {}
    modnum(ll _v) : v(_v % MOD) { if (v < 0) v += MOD; }
    explicit operator int() const { return v; }
    friend istream& operator >> (istream& i, modnum& n) { ll w; i >> w; n = modnum(w); return i; }
    friend ostream& operator << (ostream& o, const modnum& n) { return o << n.v; }

    friend bool operator == (const modnum& a, const modnum& b) { return a.v == b.v; }
    friend bool operator != (const modnum& a, const modnum& b) { return a.v != b.v; }

    modnum& operator += (const modnum& o) { v += o.v; if (v >= MOD) v -= MOD; return *this; }
    modnum& operator -= (const modnum& o) { v -= o.v; if (v < 0) v += MOD; return *this; }
    modnum& operator *= (const modnum& o) { v = int(ll(v) * ll(o.v) % MOD); return *this; }
    modnum operator - () { modnum res; if (v) res.v = MOD - v; return res; }
    friend modnum operator + (const modnum& a, const modnum& b) { return modnum(a) += b; }
    friend modnum operator - (const modnum& a, const modnum& b) { return modnum(a) -= b; }
    friend modnum operator * (const modnum& a, const modnum& b) { return modnum(a) *= b; }

    modnum pow(ll e) const {
        if (e < 0) return 1 / this->pow(-e);
        if (e == 0) return 1;
        if (e & 1) return *this * this->pow(e-1);
        return (*this * *this).pow(e/2);
    }

    modnum inv() const {
        int g = MOD, x = 0, y = 1;
        for (int r = v; r != 0; ) {
            int q = g / r;
            g %= r; swap(g, r);
            x -= q * y; swap(x, y);
        }

        assert(g == 1);
        assert(y == MOD || y == -MOD);
        return x < 0 ? x + MOD : x;
    }
    modnum& operator /= (const modnum& o) { return (*this) *= o.inv(); }
    friend modnum operator / (const modnum& a, const modnum& b) { return modnum(a) /= modnum(b); }

    static int totient() {
        int tot = MOD, tmp = MOD;
        for (int p = 2; p * p <= tmp; p++) if (tmp % p == 0) {
            tot = tot / p * (p - 1);
            while (tmp % p == 0) tmp /= p;
        }
        if (tmp > 1) tot = tot / tmp * (tmp - 1);
        return tot;
    }

    static int primitive_root() {
        if (MOD == 1) return 0;
        if (MOD == 2) return 1;

        int tot = totient(), tmp = tot;
        vi tot_pr;
        for (int p = 2; p * p <= tmp; p++) if (tot % p == 0) {
            tot_pr.push_back(p);
            while (tmp % p == 0) tmp /= p;
        }
        if (tmp > 1) tot_pr.push_back(tmp);

        for (int r = 2; r < MOD; r++) if (__gcd(r, MOD) == 1) {
            bool root = true;
            for (int p : tot_pr) root &= modnum(r).pow(tot / p) != 1;
            if (root) return r;
        }
        assert(false);
    }

    static modnum generator() { static modnum g = primitive_root(); return g; }
    static int discrete_log(modnum v) {
        static const int M = ceil(sqrt(MOD));
        static unordered_map<int, int> table;
        if (table.empty()) {
            modnum e = 1;
            for (int i = 0; i < M; i++) { table[e.v] = i; e *= generator(); }
        }
        static modnum f = generator().pow(totient() - M);

        for (int i = 0; i < M; i++) {
            if (table.count(v.v)) return table[v.v] + i * M;
            v *= f;
        }
        assert(false);
    }

    static modnum unity_root(int deg) {
        assert(totient() % deg == 0);
        return generator().pow(totient() / deg);
    }

    static modnum fact(int n) {
        static vector<modnum> fact = { 1 };
        for (assert(n >= 0); fact.size() <= n; )
            fact.push_back(fact.back() * fact.size());
        return fact[n];
    }

    static modnum finv(int n) {
        static vector<modnum> finv = { 1 };
        for (assert(n >= 0); finv.size() <= n; )
            finv.push_back(finv.back() / finv.size());
        return finv[n];
    }

    static modnum ncr(int n, int r) {
        assert(n >= 0);
        if (r < 0 || n < r) return 0;
        return fact(n) * finv(r) * finv(n - r);
    }
};
// }}}
using mn = modnum<int(1e9 + 7)>;
using vmn = vector<mn>;
using vvmn = vector<vmn>;

int main() {
    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(0), cout.tie(0);

    int N; string a, b; re(N, a, b);

    mn ans = 1;

    bool last;
    F0R (i, N) {
        bool diff = a[i] != b[i];

        if (!i) {
            ans = diff ? 6 : 3;
        } else {
            if (diff) {
                ans *= last ? 3 : 2;
            } else {
                ans *= last ? 1 : 2;
            }
        }

        if (diff) i++;
        last = diff;
    }

    ps(ans);

    return 0;
}



Measured memory_bytes: 256