#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#ifdef __DEBUG__
    #define DBG(X) cout << #X << " = " << (X) << endl;
    #define SAY(X) cout << (X) << endl;
#else
    #define DBG(X)
    #define SAY(X)
#endif

using namespace std;

using ll = long long int;
using ull = unsigned long long int;
using ld = long double;
using pii = pair<int, int>;
using pll = pair<ll, ll>;

int dx[]={1, 0, -1, 0, 1,-1, 1,-1};
int dy[]={0, 1, 0, -1, 1, 1,-1,-1};
const int INT_INF = (int)(2e9);
const ll  LL_INF = (ll)(2e18);

inline void fast_io() { ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false); cin.tie(nullptr); cout.tie(nullptr); };
template<typename T, typename S> inline ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const pair<T, S> p) { cout << "[" << p.first << ";" << p.second << "]"; return os; }
template<typename T, typename S> inline ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const map<T, S> p) { for (auto el : p) cout << "[" << el.first << ";" << el.second << "]"; return os; }
template<typename T> inline ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const vector<T>& v) { for (auto el : v) cout << el << " "; return os; }
template<typename T> inline ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const deque<T>& v) { for (auto el : v) cout << el << " "; return os; }
template<typename T> inline ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const set<T>& v) { for (auto el : v) cout << el << " "; return os; }
template<typename T> inline vector<T> fetch_vec(int sz) { vector<T> ret(sz); for (auto& elem : ret) cin >> elem; return ret; }

template< int mod >
struct ModInt {
  int x;

  ModInt() : x(0) {}

  ModInt(int64_t y) : x(y >= 0 ? y % mod : (mod - (-y) % mod) % mod) {}

  ModInt &operator+=(const ModInt &p) {
    if((x += p.x) >= mod) x -= mod;
    return *this;
  }

  ModInt &operator-=(const ModInt &p) {
    if((x += mod - p.x) >= mod) x -= mod;
    return *this;
  }

  ModInt &operator*=(const ModInt &p) {
    x = (int) (1LL * x * p.x % mod);
    return *this;
  }

  ModInt &operator/=(const ModInt &p) {
    *this *= p.inverse();
    return *this;
  }

  ModInt operator-() const { return ModInt(-x); }

  ModInt operator+(const ModInt &p) const { return ModInt(*this) += p; }

  ModInt operator-(const ModInt &p) const { return ModInt(*this) -= p; }

  ModInt operator*(const ModInt &p) const { return ModInt(*this) *= p; }

  ModInt operator/(const ModInt &p) const { return ModInt(*this) /= p; }

  bool operator==(const ModInt &p) const { return x == p.x; }

  bool operator!=(const ModInt &p) const { return x != p.x; }

  ModInt inverse() const {
    int a = x, b = mod, u = 1, v = 0, t;
    while(b > 0) {
      t = a / b;
      swap(a -= t * b, b);
      swap(u -= t * v, v);
    }
    return ModInt(u);
  }

  ModInt pow(int64_t n) const {
    ModInt ret(1), mul(x);
    while(n > 0) {
      if(n & 1) ret *= mul;
      mul *= mul;
      n >>= 1;
    }
    return ret;
  }

  friend ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const ModInt &p) {
    return os << p.x;
  }

  friend istream &operator>>(istream &is, ModInt &a) {
    int64_t t;
    is >> t;
    a = ModInt< mod >(t);
    return (is);
  }

  static int get_mod() { return mod; }
};
const ll mod = 1e9+7;
using modint = ModInt< mod >;


int N;
vector<string> S;
void input(){
    fast_io();
    cin >> N;
    S.resize(2);
    cin >> S[0] >> S[1];
}

int solve(){
    modint ans = 0;
    if(S[0][0]==S[1][0]) ans = 3;
    else ans = 6;
    for (int i = 1; i < N; i++)
    {
        if(S[0][i]==S[1][i]){
            if(S[0][i-1]==S[1][i-1]) ans *= 2;
            else continue;
        }
        else{
            if(S[0][i]==S[0][i-1] && S[1][i]==S[1][i-1]) continue;
            else if(S[0][i-1]==S[1][i-1]) ans *= 2;
            else ans *= 3;
        }
    }
    cout << ans << endl;
    return 0;
}   

int main()
{
    input();
    solve();
    return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 256