Using Viete's Product show that $\frac{3}{\pi}= \frac{\sqrt{2+\sqrt{3}}}{2} * \frac{\sqrt{2+\sqrt{2+\sqrt{3}}}}{2} * ...$

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Viete's product is $$ \frac{2}{\pi}=\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2} * \frac{\sqrt{2+\sqrt{2}}}{2} * \frac{\sqrt{2+\sqrt{2+\sqrt{2}}}}{2}*... $$

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$$ \frac{3}{\pi} = \frac{\sqrt{2+\sqrt{3}}}{2} * \frac{\sqrt{2+\sqrt{2+\sqrt{3}}}}{2} * \frac{\sqrt{2+\sqrt{2+\sqrt{2+\sqrt{3}}}}}{2}*... $$

This uses Euler's product with $\theta = \frac{\pi}{2}$ and my thoughts were to find which $\theta=\frac{3}{\pi}$ but I'm not having any luck.